Vian Bakir

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 862 citations indexed

About

Vian Bakir is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Vian Bakir has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 862 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 8 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Vian Bakir's work include Intelligence, Security, War Strategy (7 papers), Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (6 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (6 papers). Vian Bakir is often cited by papers focused on Intelligence, Security, War Strategy (7 papers), Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (6 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (6 papers). Vian Bakir collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Vian Bakir's co-authors include Andrew McStay, Eric Herring, David Miller, Piers Robinson, Ali Bakır, Lachlan Urquhart, Martina Feilzer, Lina Dencik, Arne Hintz and Jonathan Cable and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Digital Journalism and Journal of Risk Research.

In The Last Decade

Vian Bakir

34 papers receiving 786 citations

Hit Papers

Fake News and The Economy of Emotions 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Fake News and The Economy of Emotions
    2017 470 citations Vian Bakir, Andrew McStay Digital Journalism profile →

Peers

Vian Bakir
Debbie Goh Singapore
Johan Farkas Denmark
Jaron Harambam Netherlands
Benjamin Lyons United States
Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández Australia
Ahmed Al‐Rawi Canada
Farida Vis United Kingdom
Mykola Makhortykh Switzerland
Sangwon Lee United States
Benjamin Bowman United Kingdom
Debbie Goh Singapore
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Countries citing papers authored by Vian Bakir

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vian Bakir

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vian Bakir

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vian Bakir. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vian Bakir based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Vian Bakir. Vian Bakir is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bakir, Vian & Andrew McStay. (2025). Move fast and break people? Ethics, companion apps, and the case of Character.ai. AI & Society. 40(8). 6365–6377. 1 indexed citations
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McStay, Andrew & Vian Bakir. (2025). Soft law for unintentional empathy: addressing the governance gap in emotion-recognition AI technologies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23. 100126–100126.
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Bakir, Vian, et al.. (2024). On manipulation by emotional AI: UK adults’ views and governance implications. Frontiers in Sociology. 9. 1339834–1339834. 9 indexed citations
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Bakir, Vian, et al.. (2024). Routledge Handbook of the Influence Industry. 2 indexed citations
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Bakir, Vian, et al.. (2023). Blurring the moral limits of data markets: biometrics, emotion and data dividends. AI & Society. 39(5). 2569–2583. 4 indexed citations
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Bakir, Vian, et al.. (2023). Human-First, Please: Assessing Citizen Views and Industrial Ambition for Emotional AI in Recommender Systems. Surveillance & Society. 21(2). 205–222. 4 indexed citations
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Bakir, Vian & Andrew McStay. (2022). Optimising Emotions, Incubating Falsehoods. Bangor University Research Portal (Bangor University). 6 indexed citations
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Bakir, Vian, Eric Herring, David Miller, & Piers Robinson. (2018). Organized Persuasive Communication: A new conceptual framework for research on public relations, propaganda and promotional culture. Critical Sociology. 45(3). 311–328. 50 indexed citations
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Bakir, Vian & Andrew McStay. (2017). Fake News and The Economy of Emotions. Digital Journalism. 6(2). 154–175. 470 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bakir, Vian, Martina Feilzer, & Andrew McStay. (2017). Introduction to Special Theme Veillance and transparency: A critical examination of mutual watching in the post-Snowden, Big Data era. Big Data & Society. 4(1). 7 indexed citations
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Bakir, Vian & Andrew McStay. (2015). Assessing interdisciplinary academic and multi-stakeholder positions on transparency in the post-Snowden leak era. 12. 25–38. 2 indexed citations
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Bakir, Vian, Jonathan Cable, Lina Dencik, Arne Hintz, & Andrew McStay. (2015). Public feeling on privacy, security and surveillance: a report by DATA‐PSST and DCSS. Goldsmiths (University of London). 5 indexed citations
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Bakir, Vian. (2013). Torture, Intelligence and Sousveillance in the War on Terror: Agenda-Building Struggles. 11 indexed citations
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Bakir, Vian. (2010). Media and risk: old and new research directions. Journal of Risk Research. 13(1). 5–18. 58 indexed citations
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Bakir, Vian. (2010). Sousveillance, Media and Strategic Political Communication : Iraq, USA, UK. Continuum eBooks. 32 indexed citations
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Bakir, Vian, et al.. (2007). Communication in the age of suspicion : trust and the media. Palgrave Macmillan eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Bakir, Vian. (2006). Policy Agenda Setting and Risk Communication. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics. 11(3). 67–88. 35 indexed citations

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