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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‘Fake news’ to get worse says Bangor University media expert. Daily Post, 5 Sep 2018
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
5 Sept 2018Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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theory, culture and society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
29 Mar 2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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reviewer AHRC COVID-19 call
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
1 Aug 2020 → 31 Aug 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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peer reviewer for AHRC
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
5 Nov 2019Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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oral evidence on user targeting to House of Commons Fake News Inquiry
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
23 Jan 2018Activity: Other › Types of Business and Community - Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
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journalism studies (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
18 Sept 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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external consultant for Promotion to Reader
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
14 Sept 2018Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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external consultant for CAGE
Bakir, V. (Interviewee)
1 Aug 2015 → 1 Dec 2016Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Work on advisory panels for social community and cultural engagement
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expert evaluator for EU HORIZON - DEMOCRACY/The emotional politics of democracies
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
31 Mar 2023 → 7 Jul 2023Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Written MPC submissions to UK Fake News Parliamentary Inquiry and wider public discourse
Bakir, V. (Consultant) & McStay, A. (Consultant)
1 Apr 2017 → 29 Nov 2017Activity: Consultancy
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Workshop on emotional AI
Bakir, V. (Contributor) & McStay, A. (Organiser)
9 Sept 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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White Paper - GOVERNING PHILOSOPHIES IN TECHNOLOGY POLICY: PERMISSIONLESS INNOVATION VS. THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE
Bakir, V. (Consultant) & Rosner, G. (Consultant)
1 Aug 2021Activity: Consultancy
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What if we knew when people were lying?
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
25 Mar 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Weaponisation of Politics & Civic Discourse
Bakir, V. (Speaker)
8 Jul 2019 → 12 Jul 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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WORKING GROUP MEMBER: OFCOM Making Sense of Media Research Working Group
Bakir, V. (Member)
1 Sept 2022 → 1 Sept 2023Activity: Other
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Visible Mediations of Transparency: Changing Norms & Practices, DATA-PSST! Seminar, King's College London, September 2015
Bakir, V. (Organiser)
10 Sept 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
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Veillant Media: the ‘Veillant Panoptic Assemblage’ and ‘Emotiveillance’
Bakir, V. (Member)
24 Mar 2016Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Invited talk
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Veillance
Jein, G. (Speaker), McStay, A. (Speaker), Bakir, V. (Speaker), Edwards, C. (Speaker) & Devlin, R. (Speaker)
24 Feb 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Veillance
Jein, G. (Host), Devlin, R. (Organiser), McStay, A. (Member), Bakir, V. (Member), Dickinson, A. (Contributor), Fluekiger, M. (Contributor) & Edwards, C. (Contributor)
24 Feb 2017 → 12 Mar 2017Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
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United International College Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University
McStay, A. (Reviewer) & Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
16 Nov 2018Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship reviewer
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
13 Sept 2018Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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The Journal of Sociotechnical Critique (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
2 Jul 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Telltale signs of deceitful public relations campaign
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
28 Nov 2018Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Talk on CitizenFour
Bakir, V. (Interviewee)
10 Jan 2015Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Taking Back Control of Our Personal Data: An ethical impact assessment of personal data storage apps
Bakir, V. (Consultant) & McStay, A. (Consultant)
21 Jan 2021Activity: Consultancy
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Tackling Grand Challenges in Society - AI & Democracy
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
17 Dec 2019 → 18 Dec 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Swiss National Science Foundation
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
22 Dec 2020Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Surveillance and Society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
2 Aug 2021 → 10 Oct 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Surveillance and Society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
21 Oct 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
Submission to Inquiry on Impact of Social Media on Elections and Electoral Administration - Victoria Parliament, Australia - plus resulting influence
Bakir, V. (Contributor) & McStay, A. (Contributor)
24 Aug 2020 → 20 Sept 2021Activity: Other
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Sociology Compass (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
10 May 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Social Media + Society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
23 Jan 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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SVT national radio
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
25 Nov 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
SURVEILLING THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF SUPERVISORS: DEMOCRATIC PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS.
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
21 Nov 2018 → 23 Nov 2018Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
SSRC/ESRC International workshops on Trust in Democratic Institutions
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
24 Mar 2022 → 31 Mar 2022Activity: Other
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Routledge Taylor & Francis (Publisher)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
14 Feb 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Routledge Taylor & Francis (Publisher)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
3 Dec 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Routledge (Publisher)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
1 Oct 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Routledge (Publisher)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
1 Jun 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Routledge (Publisher)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
1 Oct 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Routledge (Publisher)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
13 Aug 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Routledge (Publisher)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
1 Sept 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Routledge (Publisher)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
14 Sept 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Routledge (Publisher)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
1 May 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Reviewing grant applications
Bakir, V. (Speaker)
1 Jul 2020 → 31 Jul 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference
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Reviewer: Univ. of Aarhus EU Union Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Programme -Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
29 Mar 2020 → 20 Apr 2020Activity: Other
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Reviewer, National Science Centre, Poland
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
6 Jan 2021Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Reviewer for the AIAS-AUFF fellowship programme, The Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
20 Dec 2024Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee