Online only: Which Czech young adults prefer online civic participation?
Vol.8,No.3(2014)
Special issue: New Media and Democracy
civic participation; Internet; young adults; political ideology
Jan Šerek
Jan Šerek, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University. His research interest involves political/civic socialization in adolescence and young adulthood, the civic engagement of ethnic minority youth, and political cognition. Recently, he participated in an extensive longitudinal study of Czech adolescents, funded by the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports, and in the multi-national EU 7FP project “Processes Influencing Democratic Ownership and Participation.”
Hana Machackova
Hana Machackova, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral researcher at Masaryk University, where she works at the Institute for Research of Children, Youth, and Family. Her research interests include cyberbullying, online communities, and self-disclosure and privacy online.
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