Members
David Lacko is a postdoc with a focus on cross-cultural differences in perception and cognition. He is also interested in statistics and psychometrics, and videogames and video streaming research. He is a member of the Interdisciplinary Research Team on Internet and Society (Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University) and the Brno Lab of Intergroup Processes (Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences).
AWARDS
- Ph.D. Excellence Program, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University (2020 - 2022)
Journal articles
2022
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Cino, D., Lacko, D., Mascheroni, G., & Šmahel, D. (2022). Predictors of children’s and young people’s digital engagement in informational, communication, and entertainment activities: findings from ten European countries. Journal of Children and Media, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2022.2123013
2021
- Rachev, N. R., Han, H., Lacko, D., Gelpí, R., Yamada, Y., & Lieberoth, A. (2021). Replicating the Disease framing problem during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic: A study of stress, worry, trust, and choice under risk. PLOS ONE, 16(9), p. 1-23. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257151
Reports
2020
- Mascheroni, G., Cino, D., Mikuska, J., Lacko, D. & Smahel, D. (2020). Digital skills, risks and wellbeing among European children : Report on (f)actors that explain online acquisition, cognitive, physical, psychological and social wellbeing, and the online resilience of children and young people. Leuven: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. doi:10.5281/zenodo.4274602
Conferences
2022
- Lacko, D., Dufková, E., & Macháčková, H. (2022, October 19-22). The effects of streamers' aggressive videogame narration on adolescents' state aggression and normative beliefs about aggression. Presented at the 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Aarhus, Denmark. Available here.
- Tkaczyk, M., Lacko, D., & Tancoš, M. (2022, October 19-22). Day-to-day associations between adolescents’ smartphone use before sleep and sleep outcomes. Presented at the 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Aarhus, Denmark. Available here.
2021
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Cino, D., Lacko, D., Mascheroni, G., & Šmahel, D. (2021, September). How different types of digital skills predict different online activities. 8th European Communication Conference 2021, online.
- Lacko, D., & Machačková, H. (2021, November). The Influence of Online Advertising on Adolescents’ Perceived Credibility of Information Related to the Fitness/Dietary Supplements. Presented at Cyberspace conference, Brno, Czech Republic.
Present
- Psychologie a internet
- Bachelor Thesis Seminar: Methodology of LIS
- Kvantitativní analýza dat empirických šetření (Quantitative data analysis)
- Bachelor’s Thesis Seminar
- Bachelor’s Thesis
- Extended introduction to the statistical inference
- Methodology for Information and Library Studies
- Diploma Thesis Seminar II: Structure of the Project
- Research practice

David Lacko, Ph.D.
E-mail: david.lacko@mail.muni.cz
Skype: la.david
ORCID: 0000-0002-2904-8118
ResearchGate: David Lacko
Personal website: https://www.davidlacko.eu/
Research interests
- Cross-cultural research
- Statistics and psychometrics
- Video games and video streaming research