Members
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IRTIS members are researchers at the Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. Our members' institutional background covers a wide range of workplaces at Masaryk University, namely:
- Institute for Research on Children, Youth, and Family at Faculty of Social Studies
- Department of Media Studies and Journalism at Faculty of Social Studies
- Department of Psychology at Faculty of Social Studies
- Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing at Faculty of Informatics
David Šmahel
- online risks and opportunities for children and adolescents
- online identities
- virtual relationships
- online addiction
- IT security from perspective of users
- online research methods
- well-being
Steriani Elavsky
- health psychology
- psychology of physical activity
- wellbeing/quality of life
- health behavior change
- adult development and aging
- women's health
- mind-body modalities (e.g., yoga)
Jakub Macek
- new media studies
- new media users and audiences
- audience ethnography
- media and technological subcultures
- media in civic and political participation
Hana Macháčková
- online communities
- SNS use
- self-disclosure online
- online privacy
- cyberbullying – victims and bystanders
- parental mediation of children´s internet use
Lenka Dědková
- parental mediation
- online relationships
- meeting unknown people from the internet offline
- online research methodology
- online security
Alena Macková
- political communication
- activism
- political participation
- new media
- campaigns
Jakub Mikuška
- adolescent development
- adolescent risk behaviors
- video games and addiction
- impact of technology on family life
Jaromír Plhák
- assistive technologies
- modelling and simulation
- machine learning
Jan Šerek
- political psychology
- civic and political socialization in adolescence and young adulthood
Martina Šmahelová
- qualitative data analyses
- online research methodology
- online risks and opportunities for children and adolescents
- health psychology
- user experience (UX)
Michal Tkaczyk
- politics and current affairs in news media content
- journalistic role performance
- computer-assisted text analysis
Marie Bedrošová
- cyberhate and online discrimination
- fan communities and participatory culture
Jana Blahošová
- ICTs and body image
- online risks and opportunities
- young people and impact of ICTs on their well-being
Jakub Brojáč
- benefits of using ICTs
- ICT self-efficacy and well-being
- eye tracking
Hana Drtilová
- digital technologies and eating disorders
- ICTs and psychotherapy
Simona Galbavá
- ICTs and well-being
- social media ostracism
- online social connectedness
Lenka Knapová
- usable security
- psychology of physical activity
- health psychology
Nikol Kvardová
- social media and body image
- eating disorders
- youth's exposure to online harmful content
David Lacko
- cross-cultural research
- statistics and psychometrics
- eye-tracking
Michaela Lebedíková
- adolescents' use of pornography
- sexual scripts
- ICTs and sexuality
Adéla Lokajová
- ICTs and adolescent well-being
- literature review and theory synthesis
Vojtěch Mýlek
- interactions between adolescents and unknown people from the internet
- ICTs and adolescent well-being
Ondřej Sotolář
- innovative data collection methods
- data mining & result aggregation
Eliška Váchová
- online safety
- online and offline aggression
- memory recall accuracy
Natália Valkovičová
- exposure to negative online content
- real-time data collection
- health behaviors and ICTs
Rostislav Zlámal
- data management
- quantitative and spatial data
- popular culture
Michal Schejbal
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
- Android
- machine learning
- hermeneutics
Iva Vrubelová
PROJECT MANAGER