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)
- 2013
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Media, War & Conflict (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)
1 Jan 2013 → 1 Jan 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Mediterranean e-journal of Communication and Media. (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)
1 Jan 2013 → 1 Jan 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
- 2014
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International Journal of Press/politics (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Jun 2014 → 1 Feb 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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External Examining of Mark Pope’s PhD thesis (Royal Holloway University): Risk-cosmopolitanism: How the UK Government and news media structure the order of security discourse to impede challenges on torture and abuse
Vian Bakir (Examiner)
1 Nov 2014Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Media, Persuasion and Human Rights, Political Studies Association Media and Politics Group Annual Conference, Bangor, November 2014
Vian Bakir (Organiser)
10 Nov 2014 → 11 Nov 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference
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ICA (Publisher)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Dec 2014Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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'Strategic political communication': the Bush administration torture-intelligence policy and the US Senate Intelligence Committee report
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
17 Dec 2014Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
- 2015
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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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Talk on CitizenFour
Vian Bakir (Interviewee)
10 Jan 2015Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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External Examining of Roy Revie’s PhD thesis (University of Bath): Controlling the “information environment”: Developments in U.S. military intelligence and communication in the age of Web 2.0
Vian Bakir (Examiner)
1 Mar 2015Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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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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International Journal of Press/politics (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Guest editor)
1 Apr 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Peer Review Panel
Vian Bakir (Member)
1 Apr 2015 → 1 Jan 2025Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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External Examiner BA Journalism
Vian Bakir (Member)
1 Jun 2015 → 1 Jun 2020Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of external research organisation
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Information Rights research network
Vian Bakir (Member)
1 Jun 2015 → 1 Jan 2020Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
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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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external consultant for CAGE
Vian Bakir (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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Consultant for Univ.of Liverpool. Revalidation of MA Political Communication degree.
Vian Bakir (Member)
1 Sept 2015Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Media and Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Sept 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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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
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10th News Assembly: Panel on Journalism post-Snowden
Vian Bakir (Interviewee)
26 Oct 2015 → 27 Oct 2015Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Intelligence agencies, media, secrecy, propaganda and surveillance
Vian Bakir (Member)
1 Nov 2015Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Invited talk
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Journal of Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Nov 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Media, War & Conflict (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Nov 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Policy and Internet (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Dec 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
- 2016
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Big Data and Society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Guest editor)
1 Jan 2016 → 1 Jan 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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International Journal of Cultural Studies (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Mar 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Journalism Practice (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Mar 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Reviewed funding applications
Vian Bakir (Member)
1 Mar 2016Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Veillant Media: the ‘Veillant Panoptic Assemblage’ and ‘Emotiveillance’
Vian Bakir (Member)
24 Mar 2016Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Invited talk
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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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Irish Journal of Sociology (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 May 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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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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External Examiner PhD viva; Heather Brooke
Vian Bakir (Examiner)
8 Jun 2016Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Mass Communication and Society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Aug 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Media, War & Conflict (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Aug 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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From torture to de-radicalisation: towards public accountability of secret policies designed to prevent terrorism
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
4 Oct 2016Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants application - referee
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
12 Oct 2016Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Politics (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
23 Oct 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Mass Communication and Society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
4 Nov 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Media and Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
14 Nov 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Quoted in al-Jazeera article: Mendhai, Shafik. 2016 "Snooping, data leaks and the threat to online privacy". AL-Jazeera English, December 1.
Vian Bakir (Interviewee)
1 Dec 2016Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
17 Dec 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Journalism (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
17 Dec 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
- 2017
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ESRC reviewer
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
7 Jan 2017Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of external research organisation
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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
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Veillance
Gillian Jein (Host), Ronan Devlin (Organiser), Andrew McStay (Member), Vian Bakir (Member), Ant Dickinson (Contributor), Michael Fluekiger (Contributor) & Carwyn Edwards (Contributor)
24 Feb 2017 → 12 Mar 2017Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
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International Journal of Press/politics (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Mar 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Big Data and Society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Guest editor)
17 Mar 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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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
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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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ESRC reviewer
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
1 May 2017Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Digital Journalism (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Jun 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Media and Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)
1 Jun 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Routledge (Publisher)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Jun 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Journalism (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Sept 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Routledge (Publisher)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Sept 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Routledge (Publisher)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Oct 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Routledge (Publisher)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Oct 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Journal of Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 Nov 2017 → 15 Nov 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
- 2018
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oral evidence on user targeting to House of Commons Fake News Inquiry
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
23 Jan 2018Activity: Other › Types of Business and Community - Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
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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Interviewed for article evaluating fake news research
Vian Bakir (Consultant)
1 Mar 2018Activity: Consultancy
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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
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International Journal of Press/politics (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
6 Apr 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Journal of International Affairs (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
20 Apr 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Routledge (Publisher)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
1 May 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Annals of International Communication Association (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
3 May 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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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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Has our democracy become the wild west?
Vian Bakir (Participant)
17 Jul 2018Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of external research organisation
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Body & Society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
26 Jul 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Journalism Practice (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
26 Jul 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Interim Report.
Vian Bakir (Consultant)
30 Jul 2018Activity: Consultancy
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Frontiers in Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)
1 Aug 2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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ESRC reviewer for TRUST AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE large grants call
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
9 Aug 2018Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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ESRC reviewer for for TRUST AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE large grants call
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
9 Aug 2018Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Routledge (Publisher)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
13 Aug 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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ESRC reviewer for TRUST AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE large grants call
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
30 Aug 2018Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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International Journal of Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
2 Sept 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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‘Fake news’ to get worse says Bangor University media expert. Daily Post, 5 Sep 2018
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
5 Sept 2018Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship reviewer
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
13 Sept 2018Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Routledge (Publisher)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
14 Sept 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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external consultant for Promotion to Reader
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
14 Sept 2018Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Big Data and Society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
18 Sept 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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journalism studies (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
18 Sept 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Reviewer for European Commission H2020-MSCA-IF-2018
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
5 Oct 2018 → 2 Nov 2018Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
25 Oct 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Norway Research Council - Panel member for SAMRISK
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
25 Oct 2018 → 14 Nov 2018Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Political Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
16 Nov 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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United International College Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University
Andrew McStay (Reviewer) & Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
16 Nov 2018Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
SURVEILLING THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF SUPERVISORS: DEMOCRATIC PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS.
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
21 Nov 2018 → 23 Nov 2018Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Telltale signs of deceitful public relations campaign
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
28 Nov 2018Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Regulating Digital Campaigning: What is to be Done?
Vian Bakir (Participant) & Andrew McStay (Participant)
29 Nov 2018Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Information, Communication & Society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
9 Dec 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
11 Dec 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Information, Communication & Society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
19 Dec 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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I am not worried about Russia. I'm concerned about the misuse of people's feelings. Vecer
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
22 Dec 2018Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
- 2019
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Journalism Practice (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
7 Feb 2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review