Professor Vian Bakir

Professor in Journalism and Political Communications

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)

 

  1. 2019
  2. Published
  3. Published

    Organized Persuasive Communication: A new conceptual framework for research on public relations, propaganda and promotional culture: A New Conceptual Framework for Public Relations and Propaganda Research

    Bakir, V., Herring, E., Miller, D. & Robinson, P., 1 May 2019, In: Critical Sociology. 45, 3, p. 311-328

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published
  5. 2020
  6. Published

    CULTURE CHANGE: Incentivise political campaigners to run civil and informative election campaigns.

    Bakir, V. & McStay, A., 21 Jan 2020, UK Parliament, (APPG on Electoral Campaigning Transparency).

    Research output: Working paper

  7. Published

    Empathic Media, Emotional AI, and the Optimization of Disinformation

    McStay, A. & Bakir, V., 3 Sept 2020, Affective Politics of Digital Media: Propaganda by Other Means. Boler, M. & Davis, E. (eds.). Routledge, p. 263-279

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  8. Published

    Psychological Operations in Digital Political Campaigns: Assessing Cambridge Analytica's Psychographic Profiling and Targeting

    Bakir, V., 3 Sept 2020, In: Frontiers in Communication. 2020, 67.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. 2021
  10. Published

    Freedom or Security? Mass Surveillance of Citizens

    Bakir, V., 3 Sept 2021, Handbook of Global Media Ethics. Ward, S. J. A. (ed.). Switzerland: Springer, p. 939-959 21 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  11. 2022
  12. Published

    Emotional AI in Cities: Cross-cultural Lessons from the UK and Japan on Designing for an Ethical Life

    Bakir, V., Ghotbi, N., Tung, M., Laffer, A., Mantello, P., McStay, A., Miranda, D., Miyashita, H., Podoletz, L., Tanaka, H. & Urquhart, L., 9 Jun 2022, Machine Learning and the City: Applications in Architecture and Urban Design. Carta, S. (ed.). Wiley-Blackwell

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  13. Published
  14. 2023
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  16. Published

    Human-first, please: Assessing citizen views and industrial ambition for emotional AI in recommender systems

    Bakir, V., Laffer, A. & McStay, A., 3 Jul 2023, In: Surveillance and Society. 21, 2

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. E-pub ahead of print

    Blurring the moral limits of data markets: biometrics, emotion and data dividends

    Bakir, V., Laffer, A. & McStay, A., 12 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: AI & Society.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Automating empathy: overview, technologies, criticism

    McStay, A. & Bakir, V., 14 Nov 2023, Handbook of Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence. Edward Elgar, p. 656-669

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  19. 2024
  20. Published

    On manipulation by emotional AI: UK adults’ views and governance implications

    Bakir, V., Laffer, A., McStay, A., Miranda, D. & Urquhart, L., 7 Jun 2024, In: Frontiers in Sociology. 9, 1339834.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Ethics and Empathy-Based Human-AI Partnering: Exploring the Extent to which Cultural Differences Matter When Developing an Ethical Technical Standard

    McStay, A., Andres, F., Bakir, V., Bland, B., Laffer, A., Li, P. & Shimo, S., 28 Aug 2024, IEEE.

    Research output: Other contributionpeer-review

  22. Published

    Combatting the Digital Influence Industry within Surveillance Capitalism: the Potentials and Pitfalls of Personal Information Management Systems.

    McStay, A. & Bakir, V., 15 Oct 2024, Routledge Handbook of the Influence Industry..

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  23. Published

    Guarding Against Automated Empathy Attacks on Ontological Security

    McStay, A. & Bakir, V., 15 Oct 2024, Routledge Handbook of the Influence Industry..

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  24. Published

    Routledge Handbook of the Influence Industry

    Briant, E. L. & Bakir, V., 15 Oct 2024, 1st ed. Routledge. 416 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookpeer-review

  25. Published

    Is Deception in Emulated Empathy Innately Bad?

    Bakir, V. & McStay, A., 13 Dec 2024, IEEE Standards White Paper, Electronic ISBN:979-8-8557-1563-7.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

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