Professor Vian Bakir
Professor in Journalism and Political Communications
Affiliations
Contact info
Position: Professor of Journalism & Political Communication
Email: v.bakir@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 1248 382751
Location: Main Arts
Personal website: Academia.edu ResearchGate
Project Websites: DATA-PSST! Intelligence Elites Emotional AI
Current Administrative Responsibilities:
Co-Director of Network for Study of Media and Persuasive Communication.
School of History, Law & Social Science Research Committee (grant leadership)
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Centre for Information Governance Research Annual Conference, Univ. of Sussex,
Bakir, V. (Speaker)
30 Apr 2020 → 1 May 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference
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Virtual Mind the PR Gap 2020: AI, creativity and fake news in a post Covid-19 world.
Bakir, V. (Speaker) & McStay, A. (Speaker)
9 Jul 2020 → 10 Jul 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference
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'Addressing false information online via provision of authoritative information: Why dialling down emotion is part of the answer', Submission to UK Parliament Online Harms and Disinformation Sub-Committee Inquiry into Misinformation and Trusted Voices, September 2022
Bakir, V. (Contributor) & McStay, A. (Contributor)
14 Sept 2022 → 14 Oct 2022Activity: Other
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'Strategic political communication': the Bush administration torture-intelligence policy and the US Senate Intelligence Committee report
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
17 Dec 2014Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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10th News Assembly: Panel on Journalism post-Snowden
Bakir, V. (Interviewee)
26 Oct 2015 → 27 Oct 2015Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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A humanities-led intervention into responsible and ethical AI
Bakir, V. (Participant)
28 May 2021Activity: Other
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AGAINST OPACITY, OUTRAGE & DECEPTION: Towards an ethical code of conduct for transparent, explainable, civil & informative digital political campaigns. Evidence submitted to House of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies.
Bakir, V. (Contributor) & McStay, A. (Contributor)
29 Jun 2020Activity: Other
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AHRC reviewer -
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
11 Nov 2019Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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AI & Society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
25 Jun 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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AI Safety - Insafe/Inhope Joint Training Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Bakir, V. (Participant) & McStay, A. (Presenter)
19 Mar 2025 → 20 Mar 2025Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
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Advisory Board Member for EU Horizon2020 CSI-COP project
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
1 May 2020 → 30 Apr 2023Activity: Other
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Advisory Board member for European Research Council Starting Grants project, TRUE
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
1 Aug 2022 → 1 Aug 2027Activity: Other
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Annals of International Communication Association (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
3 May 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
Article in Hamodia on Fake News
Bakir, V. (Interviewee)
23 Nov 2021Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants application - referee
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
12 Oct 2016Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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BBC/Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2023 on AI
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
15 Nov 2023 → 20 Jan 2024Activity: Other
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BU-IIA Funded project: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ethics & Policing in North Wales: Establishing Citizens’ Perspectives
Loftus, B. (Contributor), Bakir, V. (Contributor), McStay, A. (Contributor) & Feilzer, M. (Contributor)
1 Apr 2022 → 31 Mar 2023Activity: Other
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Big Data and Society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Guest editor)
1 Jan 2016 → 1 Jan 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Big Data and Society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
6 May 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Big Data and Society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
28 Sept 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Big Data and Society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Guest editor)
17 Mar 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Big Data and Society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
5 Jun 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Big Data and Society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
22 Sept 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Big Data and Society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
6 Aug 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Big Data and Society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
18 Sept 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Body & Society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
26 Jul 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Briefing for Ofcom's Making Sense of Media Working Group
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
29 Mar 2023Activity: Other
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COVID-19: How can we communicate risk in a post-truth world?
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
26 Oct 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
CULTURE CHANGE: Incentivise political campaigners to run civil and informative election campaigns
Bakir, V. (Contributor) & McStay, A. (Contributor)
2 Aug 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Chilean Journal in Communication (Perspectivas de la Comunicación) (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
14 Mar 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Citation in EU Commissioned study: Disinformation and propaganda – impact on the functioning of the rule of law in the EU and its Member States
McStay, A. (Contributor) & Bakir, V. (Contributor)
28 Feb 2019Activity: Other
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Communication & Society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
14 Feb 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Consultant for Univ.of Liverpool. Revalidation of MA Political Communication degree.
Bakir, V. (Member)
1 Sept 2015Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Critical Sociology (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
15 Jan 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Critical Sociology (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
29 Mar 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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DATA-PSST - Seminar 6
Bakir, V. (Organiser)
20 May 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
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DATA-PSST - Transparency Today
Bakir, V. (Organiser)
6 Jan 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
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DATA-PSST Seminar 5 - Tackling Transparency Beyond the Nation-State
Bakir, V. (Organiser)
31 Mar 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
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DATA-PSST seminar 3
Bakir, V. (Organiser)
8 Jul 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
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Debating the Technical & Ethical Limits of Secrecy and Privacy, DATAPSST Seminar, University of Sheffield, March 2015
Bakir, V. (Speaker)
24 Mar 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
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Democratisiation (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
8 Jan 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Digital Journalism (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
1 Jun 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Digital Journalism (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
31 Oct 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Digital Journalism (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
3 Jan 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Digital Journalism (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
3 Jun 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Interim Report.
Bakir, V. (Consultant)
30 Jul 2018Activity: Consultancy
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EPSRC Research Centre Panel Reviewer - Protecting Citizens Online
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
1 Jun 2020 → 22 Jun 2020Activity: Other
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ESRC - Bilateral Academic Research Initiative (BARI) Social Science Program with US Department of Defense
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
1 Oct 2023 → 28 Feb 2024Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee