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5 Feb 2019

Protecting Children’s Data Online

Preliminary results of the EU Kids Online survey for Safer Internet Day 2019 were released.

4 Feb 2019

New report: Czech children and adolescents on the internet

We published a new quantitative research report on children's and adolescents' online activities and experience with online risks. The report is available in English and Czech language.

29 Dec 2018

Cyberpsychology published a new special issue on bystanders of online aggression

Cyberpsychology published a new issue - a special issue on an extremely timely topic: bystanders in online aggression.

19 Dec 2018

New position: Data Manager and Analyst for the international project "EU Kids Online IV"

We are looking for a new team member for the position of data manager and analyst for the international project EU Kids Online IV.

8 Dec 2018

We are looking for new researchers for junior positions

We are looking for two to three new researchers for junior positions for the new project "Modelling the future: Understanding the impact of technology on adolescent's well-being (FUTURE)" .

5 Dec 2018

New project: Modelling the future: Understanding the impact of technology on adolescent’s well-being (FUTURE)

We are happy to announce that our team succeeded in the hard grant competition EXPRO (funded by the Czech Grant Agency). We received money for a 5-year long project: “Modelling the future: Understanding the impact of technology on adolescent’s well-being (FUTURE)”.

27 Nov 2018

New report: Digital technology and eating disorders

We published a new research report about digital technology and eating disorders. The report is available in Czech language.

27 Sep 2018

New book: Digital Technology, Eating Behaviors, and Eating Disorders

We are excited to see the new book "Digital Technology, Eating Behaviors, and Eating Disorders" by David Šmahel, Hana Macháčková, Martina Šmahelová, Michal Čevelíček, Carlos A. Almenara, and Jana Holubčíková published in Springer.

19 Jul 2018

The Emergence of Cyberpsychology

Our team member David Šmahel was recently interviewed for an article by a top informatics journal Communications of the ACM about cyberpsychology as a research field.

26 Jun 2018

Cyberpsychology gained Impact Factor: 1.400

Web of Science published their journal citation records for 2017, that for the first time included also Cyberpsychology. With IF of 1.400, the journal belongs to the second quartile in Multidisciplinary Psychology.

24 May 2018

ICA Preconference 2018 on May 23rd

We were co-organizing the ICA Preconference 2018 on Trust, control, and privacy: Mediatisation of childhood and adolescence in the digital age.

16 May 2017

Successful academics and promising students receive Rector’s Awards

At the beginning of May, Masaryk University Rector Mikuláš Bek gave out awards for outstanding achievements in science and research, sports and the arts to mark the academic holiday Dies Academicus.

1 Nov 2016

Kaspersky Lab report: Digital Parenting

The Kaspersky Lab in cooperation with David Smahel published a report on the role of mothers and fathers in securing their children’s online safety

10 Sep 2016

Seven Fulbright researchers from MU will visit the USA

Thirty-five Czech researchers, students, and non-profit workers will travel to the USA in the upcoming academic year thanks to the Fulbright Program. Six Czechs and one Slovak come from Masaryk University.

3 Feb 2016

A quarter of children receive erotic photos

The Internet is the main source of information about sex for children and adolescents. They also look for such information in magazines for teenagers, but porn magazines are not very popular. Many young people also receive erotic photos via phone or email messages.

16 Jun 2015

New book: Living in the digital age

Our team has published a new book “Living in the digital age: Self-presentation, networking, playing, and participating in politics”.