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7 Jun 2023

Highlights from the 73rd ICA Conference

The 73rd International Communication Association (ICA) conference recently took place in Toronto, Ontario (Canada), and among the many fascinating studies presented, two notable research projects by Jana Blahošová and Natálie Terčová shed light on adolescent media use and its impact on social support and digital skills.

18 May 2023

Vojtěch Mýlek received the Rector's Award for Outstanding PhD Students at Masaryk University

On the occasion of Dies Academicus, the annual Rector's Prizes of Masaryk University, Vojtěch Mýlek was awarded for his outstanding results in his doctoral studies.

5 May 2023

Visit of Tobias Dienlin from the University of Vienna to IRTIS

Last week, we welcomed Tobias Dienlin from the University of Vienna, a leading expert in longitudinal research and open science principles, to IRTIS. His visit was very beneficial for our team and brought a lot of inspiration and new ideas.

2 May 2023

New report: How are Czech adolescents using their phones? Analysis using objective smartphone data

Most teenagers have a mobile phone nowadays and many parents ask themselves: What are adolescents actually doing on their phones? In our latest report, we show how long and how many times a day teens use their phones and what apps they use. Read more in the article!

21 Apr 2023

Michaela Geržičáková received the Dean’s award for the best master’s level student

The Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University recently celebrated its 25th birthday on the 20th of April, and on this special occasion, Michaela Geržičáková, a member of the IRTIS team, received the Dean's prize for the best master's level student.

13 Mar 2023

Blog: What are the characteristics of adolescent mHealth users?

Hayriye Gülec and David Šmahel's latest research focused on adolescents who use so-called mHealth apps, or, in other words, apps that monitor the user's health. Using a representative sample of Czech adolescents, they found that more than half of the respondents use mHealth apps. What are their characteristics? Read today's blog!

22 Feb 2023

Blog: How effective are parenting strategies when it comes to meeting people online?

In a recently published study, we examined parenting strategies related to adolescents’ online interactions with other people. Some parents tend to be more restrictive, and some try to explain to their children how to stay safe on the internet. But how are those strategies connected to how adolescents behave?

11 Feb 2023

Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science!

Today we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Did you know that according to 2019 Eurostat data, Czechia had the lowest proportion of female researchers among all Member States of the European Union – only 27.2%? Today, we want to celebrate all female scientists around the world and encourage all women to consider the scientific path. Get inspired by our very own female scientists in our IRTIS team!

7 Feb 2023

Safer Internet Day: Better Internet for Kids? A Closer Look at Adolescents’ Experiences with Cyberhate and Online Disinformation

Today we celebrate the Safer Internet Day! It is an initiative to bring awareness to online safety, supported by the European Comission. As you might know from our research, it is a topic dear to our heart. That’s why we share our latest insights on the issues that adolescents face nowadays.

23 Jan 2023

Blog: Online Anonymity as a Continually Challenging Concept in Media Psychology

For years, anonymity has been used to both specify the unique character of online interaction and differentiate it from offline conditions. We are living in the age of social media, interact using our profiles, seeing continuing augmentations of online and offline social spaces. In these conditions, what does anonymity actually mean?

9 Jan 2023

Blog: What are the impacts of technology on well-being of adolescents?

We proposed an integrative model synthesizing theories to explain the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on adolescents’ well-being (iMEW) - published in European Journal of Developmental Psychology!

2 Jan 2023

Blog: Eating attitudes and depressive symptoms in a LGBTIQ sample in Turkey

Hayriye Güleç and colleagues examined attitudes towards food and depressive symptoms in a group of LGBTIQ people from Turkey. The results were published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry. In today's blog, you can read what Hayriye and colleagues found!

16 Dec 2022

Ondřej Sotolář received the Martina Roesel Memorial Grant

The Martina Roesel Memorial Grant is intended for graduate students and early-career scientists in the natural sciences who seek to combine competitive scientific activity with quality early childhood care.

9 Dec 2022

Marie Bedrošová received the award for excellence in doctoral studies

Marie Bedrošová and her supervisor Hana Macháčková received the award for excellence in doctoral studies at Masaryk University from the hands of the Vice-Rector for Research and Doctoral Studies Šarka Pospíšilová.

28 Nov 2022

Blog: How do digital skills relate to cyberhate exposure?

Exposure to cyberhate, or encountering it as a bystander, is a problem that affects children and young people around the world. In a blog post, Marie Bedrošová and Natalie Terčová explain when digital skills can protect children from encountering cyberhate and when they can help.

16 Nov 2022

Why do Czech adolescents meet face-to-face with people from the internet?

In a new study, we examined situations where adolescents meet in person with someone they know only from the internet. We were interested in adolescents’ motives to attend such face-to-face meetings, how meetings attended for various reasons differ, and which meetings are more likely to be pleasant or unpleasant.