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)
- Other
SSRC/ESRC International workshops on Trust in Democratic Institutions
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
24 Mar 2022 → 31 Mar 2022Activity: Other
Submission to Inquiry on Impact of Social Media on Elections and Electoral Administration - Victoria Parliament, Australia - plus resulting influence
Vian Bakir (Contributor) & Andrew McStay (Contributor)
24 Aug 2020 → 20 Sept 2021Activity: Other
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Televised Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2023
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
15 Nov 2023 → 20 Jan 2024Activity: Other
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UKRI -AHRC COVID-19 expert peer group reviewer
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
25 Jun 2020 → …Activity: Other
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WORKING GROUP MEMBER: OFCOM Making Sense of Media Research Working Group
Vian Bakir (Member)
1 Sept 2022 → 1 Sept 2023Activity: Other
- Consultancy
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Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Interim Report.
Vian Bakir (Consultant)
30 Jul 2018Activity: Consultancy
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Interviewed for article evaluating fake news research
Vian Bakir (Consultant)
1 Mar 2018Activity: Consultancy
Opinion Forming in the Digital Age: Fake News, Echo Chambers and Populism - Key Themes, Concerns & Recommendations for European Research and Innovation
Vian Bakir (Consultant) & Andrew McStay (Consultant)
1 Feb 2018 → 25 Oct 2018Activity: Consultancy
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Taking Back Control of Our Personal Data: An ethical impact assessment of personal data storage apps
Vian Bakir (Consultant) & Andrew McStay (Consultant)
21 Jan 2021Activity: Consultancy
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White Paper - GOVERNING PHILOSOPHIES IN TECHNOLOGY POLICY: PERMISSIONLESS INNOVATION VS. THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE
Vian Bakir (Consultant) & Gilad Rosner (Consultant)
1 Aug 2021Activity: Consultancy
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Written MPC submissions to UK Fake News Parliamentary Inquiry and wider public discourse
Vian Bakir (Consultant) & Andrew McStay (Consultant)
1 Apr 2017 → 29 Nov 2017Activity: Consultancy
- Oral presentation
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Veillance
Gillian Jein (Speaker), Andrew McStay (Speaker), Vian Bakir (Speaker), Carwyn Edwards (Speaker) & Ronan Devlin (Speaker)
24 Feb 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
- Invited talk
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Facebook’s Data Analytics and Problems for Democracy: Fake News, Dark Ads and a Disinformation Media Ecosystem
Vian Bakir (Speaker)
4 Jun 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Fake News & Digital Advertising
Vian Bakir (Speaker) & Andrew McStay (Speaker)
25 Apr 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Impartiality, Accuracy & Truthfulness in a Fake News Era: issues for public accountability of the judiciary
Vian Bakir (Speaker)
8 Mar 2018 → 9 Mar 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
- Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
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DATA-PSST - Seminar 6
Vian Bakir (Organiser)
20 May 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
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DATA-PSST - Transparency Today
Vian Bakir (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
Vian Bakir (Organiser)
31 Mar 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
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DATA-PSST seminar 3
Vian Bakir (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
Vian Bakir (Speaker)
24 Mar 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
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Ofcom Theory of Change Evaluation Toolkit - training workshop
Vian Bakir (Participant)
30 Mar 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
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Visible Mediations of Transparency: Changing Norms & Practices, DATA-PSST! Seminar, King's College London, September 2015
Vian Bakir (Organiser)
10 Sept 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
- Participation in Academic conference
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Centre for Information Governance Research Annual Conference, Univ. of Sussex,
Vian Bakir (Speaker)
30 Apr 2020 → 1 May 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference