Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Person-Related Identification Information

• Mgr. Lenka Dědková, Ph.D.
  

Department

• Interdisciplinary Research Team on Internet and Society & Department of Media Studies and Journalism
  Faculty of Social Studies

Employment - Position

• researcher

Education and Academic Qualifications

• 2010-2016: Ph.D., Social Psychology - Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
• 2007-2010: M.A., Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University (degree with honors)
• 2003-2007: B. A., Psychology & Political Science - Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University

Employment

• 2021-present: Researcher - Interdisciplinary Research Team on Internet and Society, Faculty of Social Sciences, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
• 2017-present: Researcher - Department of Media Studies and Journalism, Faculty of Social Sciences, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
• 2012-2020: Researcher - Institute for Research on Children, Youth and Family, Faculty of Social Sciences, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
• 2018-Feb 2020: Researcher - Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
• 2016-present: Managing editor of Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace (indexed with Web of Science SSCI)
• 2011-2016: Editorial assistant of peer-reviewed journal Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace
• 2011: Specialist - Department of Information Technologies, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

Teaching Activities

• Research methods in psychology
• Online communication - theory and research
• Psychology of internet
• Scientific communication
• Psychosocial risks and opportunities of internet use

Scientific and Research Activities

• Projects:
  
• 2019-2023: Modelling the future: Understanding the impact of technology on adolescent’s well-being (FUTURE), financed by Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GAČR)
• 2018-2020: The innovation and adaptation of authentication technologies for a safe digital environment, financed by Technological Agency of the Czech Republic
• 2011-present: EU Kids Online (http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/EUKidsOnline/Home.aspx)
• 2015-2018: THINLINE: The thin line between disorder and a healthy lifestyle: Investigating the online behavior of today’s youth financed by Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GAČR).
• 2014-2016: The experimental research on online behavior of ICT users, using the perspectives of social sciences, law and informatics financed by Grant Agency of Masaryk University.
• 2013-2014: Education and research platform for cyber security financed by Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR.
• 2012-2014: Creating an interdisciplinary team to research the Internet and new media financed by European Social Fund and Czech Ministry of Education.
• 2011-2013: Risks of Internet Use for Children and Adolescents financed by Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GAČR).
• 2011-2012: Coping Strategies with Cyberbullying among Adolescents financed by Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR.
• 2011: Innovation of bachelor’s degree program Applied Informatics with focus on social informatics financed by European Social Fund and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR.
  
  Research interests:
  
• internet psychology
• methodology of online research
• online aggression
• online relationships
• online security

Internship and stays for the purpose of study or work

• 2022/10/01 – 2022/10/31: University of Vienna, Vienna, AKTION, AUT
  • Visiting scholar at the Department of Communication, University of Vienna
• 2018/09/16 – 2018/09/20: Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, MU Partner Institutions Exchange Programme, POL
  • Pobyt v rámci Program vztahů s tradičními univerzitami na Uniwersytet im. A. Mickiewicza v Poznani.

Awards Related to Science and Research

• 2016 Masaryk University Rector’s Award for Outstanding Doctoral Candidates

Major Publications

• MÝLEK, Vojtěch, Lenka DĚDKOVÁ and David ŠMAHEL. Information sources about face-to-face meetings with people from the Internet : Gendered influence on adolescents’ risk perception and behavior. New Media & Society. London: SAGE Publications, 2023, vol. 25, No 7, p. 1561-1579. ISSN 1461-4448. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14614448211014823. URL info
• MÝLEK, Vojtěch, Lenka DĚDKOVÁ and Gustavo S. MESCH. Czech Adolescents’ Face-to-Face Meetings With People from the Internet : The Role of Adolescents’ Motives and Expectations. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. New York: Springer, 2023, vol. 52, No 1, p. 15-28. ISSN 0047-2891. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01697-z. article - open access info
• DĚDKOVÁ, Lenka and Vojtěch MÝLEK. Parental mediation of online interactions and its relation to adolescents’ contacts with new people online : the role of risk perception. Information, Communication & Society. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2023, vol. 26, No 16, p. 3179-3196. ISSN 1369-118X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2146985. article - open access info
• GERŽIČÁKOVÁ, Michaela, Lenka DĚDKOVÁ and Vojtěch MÝLEK. What do parents know about children's risky online experiences? The role of parental mediation strategies. Computers in Human Behavior. Oxford: Elsevier, 2023, vol. 141, April, p. 1-9. ISSN 0747-5632. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107626. URL info
• DĚDKOVÁ, Lenka, David ŠMAHEL and Mike JUST. Digital security in families : the sources of information relate to the active mediation of internet safety and parental internet skills. Behaviour & Information Technology. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis, 2022, vol. 41, No 5, p. 1052-1064. ISSN 0144-929X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2020.1851769. URL info
• DĚDKOVÁ, Lenka, Hana MACHÁČKOVÁ and David ŠMAHEL. Information and Communication Technologies and Well-Being. In Dafna Lemish. The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents, and Media. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022, p. 185-193. Routledge International Handbooks. ISBN 978-0-367-63335-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003118824-24. URL info
• DĚDKOVÁ, Lenka and David ŠMAHEL. Online Parental Mediation : Associations of Family Members’ Characteristics to Individual Engagement in Active Mediation and Monitoring. Journal of Family Issues. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2020, vol. 41, No 8, p. 1112-1136. ISSN 0192-513X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513X19888255. URL info
• MÝLEK, Vojtěch, Lenka DĚDKOVÁ and Hana MACHÁČKOVÁ. Factors influencing interactions between adolescents and unknown people from the internet : Findings from five European countries. Children and Youth Services Review. Oxford: Elsevier, 2020, vol. 114, July, p. 1-9. ISSN 0190-7409. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105038. article - open access info
• ŠMAHEL, David, Hana MACHÁČKOVÁ, Giovanna MASCHERONI, Lenka DĚDKOVÁ, Elisabeth STAKSRUD, Kjartan ÓLAFSSON, Sonia LIVINGSTONE and Uwe HASEBRINK. EU Kids Online 2020 : survey results from 19 countries. London: EU Kids Online, 2020, 156 pp. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.21953/lse.47fdeqj01ofo. full-text info
• MACHÁČKOVÁ, Hana, Lenka DĚDKOVÁ, Anna ŠEVČÍKOVÁ and Alena ČERNÁ. Bystanders’ supportive and passive responses to cyberaggression. Journal of School Violence. Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018, vol. 17, No 1, p. 99-110. ISSN 1538-8220. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2016.1222499. URL info
• ČERNÍKOVÁ, Martina, Lenka DĚDKOVÁ and David ŠMAHEL. Youth interaction with online strangers : experiences and reactions to unknown people on the Internet. Information, Communication & Society. Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018, vol. 21, No 1, p. 94-110. ISSN 1369-118X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2016.1261169. URL info
• ŠŤAVOVÁ, Vlasta, Lenka DĚDKOVÁ, Martin UKROP and Václav MATYÁŠ. A large-scale comparative study of beta testers and regular users. Communications of the ACM. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2018, vol. 61, No 2, p. 64-71. ISSN 0001-0782. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3173570. URL info
• ŠŤAVOVÁ, Vlasta, Lenka DĚDKOVÁ, Václav MATYÁŠ, Mike JUST, David ŠMAHEL and Martin UKROP. Experimental large-scale review of attractors for detection of potentially unwanted applications. Computers & Security. Oxford: Elsevier, 2018, vol. 76, July, p. 92-100. ISSN 0167-4048. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2018.02.017. URL URL info
• MACHÁČKOVÁ, Hana, Lenka DĚDKOVÁ, Anna ŠEVČÍKOVÁ and Alena ČERNÁ. Empathic responses by cyberbystanders: The importance of proximity. Journal of Youth Studies. 2016, vol. 19, No 6, p. 793-804. ISSN 1367-6261. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2015.1112882. URL info
• ČERNÁ, Alena, Hana MACHÁČKOVÁ and Lenka DĚDKOVÁ. Whom to Trust: The Role of Mediation and Perceived Harm in Support Seeking by Cyberbullying Victims. Children & Society. UK, 2016, vol. 30, No 4, p. 265-277. ISSN 0951-0605. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/chso.12136. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/chso.12136/abstract;jsessionid=779813CF5F9CC6B80319F4CAE8894794.f02t02 info
• DĚDKOVÁ, Lenka. Stranger Is Not Always Danger: The Myth and Reality of Meetings with Online Strangers. In Lorentz, P., Smahel, D., Metykova, M., & Wright, M. F. Living in the digital age: Self-presentation, networking, playing, and participating in politics. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, p. 78-94. ISBN 978-80-210-7810-9. URL info
• DĚDKOVÁ, Lenka, Alena ČERNÁ, Kateřina JANASOVÁ and Kristian DANEBACK. Meeting online strangers offline: The nature of upsetting experiences of adolescent girls. Communications - European Journal of Communication Research. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2014, vol. 39, No 3, p. 327-346. ISSN 0341-2059. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/commun-2014-0115. info
• DĚDKOVÁ, Lenka. Navazování kontaktů online a setkávání se s neznámými lidmi z internetu (Seeking and meeting online strangers). In Anna Ševčíková. Děti a dospívající online: Vybraná rizika používání internetu. Praha: Grada, 2014, p. 75-97. Psyché. ISBN 978-80-247-5010-1. info
• MACHÁČKOVÁ, Hana, Lenka DĚDKOVÁ, Anna ŠEVČÍKOVÁ and Alena ČERNÁ. Bystanders’ Support of Cyberbullied Schoolmates. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. London, GB: London - John Wiley a Sons, Ltd., 2013, vol. 23, No 1, p. 25-36. ISSN 1052-9284. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/casp.2135. URL info
• ČERNÁ, Alena, Lenka DĚDKOVÁ, Hana MACHÁČKOVÁ, Anna ŠEVČÍKOVÁ and David ŠMAHEL. Kyberšikana: Průvodce novým fenoménem (Cyberbullying: A guide to a new phenomenon). 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2013, 152 pp. Psyché. ISBN 978-80-247-4577-0. info

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