Josef Šlerka

Mgr. Josef Šlerka, Ph.D.

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  • čtvrtek 15:50 - 17:20
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Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship
Místnost č. NP505b

Josef Šlerka is the Head of the New Media Studies program at the Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. Throughout his career, he has blended academic research with practical application. He has worked in internet startups Ataxo and Socialbakers, where he led research and development. After leaving the business sector, he became the director of the Foundation Fund for Independent Journalism, where he supported and advanced independent journalism. He currently collaborates as a data journalist for the investigative portal Investigace.cz. 

He is a recognized expert on the issues of disinformation and conspiracy theories. His research primarily focuses on analyzing data from social networks and using it to understand human behavior. He was among the first proponents of digital humanities and is now exploring the potential uses of artificial intelligence in the humanities field. In 2014, he received the Personality of the Year award in the Křišťálová lupa poll. In 2023, he was part of a team that won the Slovak Journalism Award for mapping the Russian disinformation portal News Front. 

Josef Šlerka has also contributed to many research projects, including OPLZZ and KREAS, and is active in the Norwegian group THREAT-DEFUSER and the project OP JAK Beyond Security: The Role of Conflict in Resilience-Building. During the pandemic, he co-founded the Center for Modeling of Biological and Social Processes, focusing on the interdisciplinary application of modeling. In the past, he undertook academic stays at universities in Bremen and Ghent.

Schedule

Publications

  • Berec L., Diviák T., Kuběna A., Levínský R., Neruda R., Suchopárová G., Šlerka J., Šmíd M., Trnka J., Tuček V., Vidnerová P., Zajíček M.: On the contact tracing for COVID-19: A simulation study. Epidemics, 2023, č. • no. 43. ISSN 1755-4365.
  • Kolman V., Petříček M., Procházka M., Vojvodík J., Murár T., Šebek J., Voldřichová - Beránková E., Matějčková T., Halík T., Jirsa J., Klír T., Lehečková E., Jehlička J., Šlerka J.: Devouring One's Own Tail : Autopoiesis in Perspective. Praha, Karolinum Press, Charles University, 2022. 332 s. • p. ISBN 978-80-246-5131-6.
  • Berec L., Smyčka J., Levínský R., Hromádková E., Šoltés M., Šlerka J., Tuček V., Trnka J., Šmíd M., Zajíček M., Diviák T., Neruda R., Vidnerová P.: Delays, Masks, the Elderly, and Schools: First Covid-19 Wave in the Czech Republic. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 2022, č. • no. 84. ISSN 0092-8240.
  • Ritter M., Prášek P., Císař K., Pokorný M., Holba J., Thein K., Galuška O., Nábělek K., Olšovský M., Fulka J., Král M., Roreitnerová A., Gogola ml. J., Bernard J., Šlerka J. , et al.: Myšlení hranice / hranice myšlení. K životnímu jubileu Miroslava Petříčka. Praha, Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2021. 369 s. • p. ISBN 978-80-246-4823-1.
  • Puschmann C., Ausserhofer J., Šlerka J.: Converging on a nativist core? Comparing issues on the Facebook pages of the Pegida movement and the Alternative for Germany. European Journal of Communication, 2020, č. • no. 2020, s. • p. 1-19. ISSN 0267-3231.
  • Merunková L., Šlerka J.: Goffman's theory as a framework for analysis of self presentation on online social networks. Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology, 2019, č. • no. 13, s. • p. 243-276. ISSN 1802-5943.
  • Šlerka J., Šisler V.: Normalized Social Distance: Quantitative Analysis of Religion-Centered Gaming Pages on Social Networks. In Šisler V., Radde-Antweiler K., Zeiler X.: Methods for Studying Video Games and Religion. New York, Routledge, 2018, s. • p. 171-187. ISBN 978-1-138-69871-0.
  • Šlerka J., Šisler V.: Who is Shaping Your Agenda? Social Network Analysis of Anti-Islam and Anti-immigration Movement Audiences on Czech Facebook. In Steiner K., Önnerfors A.: Expressions of Radicalization: Global Politics, Processes and Practices. Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, s. • p. 61-85. ISBN 978-3-319-65565-9.
  • Šisler V., Švelch J., Šlerka J.: Video Games and the Asymmetry of Global Cultural Flows: The Game Industry and Game Culture in Iran and the Czech Republic. International Journal of Communication, 2017, č. • no. 11, s. • p. 3857-3879. ISSN 1932-8036.
  • Šlerka J., Fiala J.: O sebeprezentaci stránky Islám v ČR nechceme na českém Facebooku. In Ostřanský B.: Islamofobie po česku. Praha, Vyšehrad, 2017, s. • p. 235-248. ISBN 978-80-7429-903-2.
  • Puc J., Roreitner R., Rabas M., Javorská A., Miškovský M., Fridmanová M., Martínková I., Šlerka J., Chavalka J., Sepp H., Lomozová P.: Filosofie lidského, příliš lidského. Červený Kostelec, Pavel Mervart, 2011. 233 s. • p. ISBN 978-80-87378-86-1.
  • Šlerka J.: Karel Čapek and semiotics. In Doubravová J., Schuster R.: Cultures as Sign Systems and Processes : transdisciplinary Czech-Austrian symposium in Linz in the focus "inter.kultur" and the series "Open Borders". Plzeň, University of West Bohemia, 2011, s. • p. 37-53. ISBN 978-80-7043-924-1.
  • Šlerka J.: Patos distance jako cíl rétorické strategie. In Puc J., Fridmanová M.: Filosofie lidského, příliš lidského. Červený Kostelec, Pavel Mervart, 2011, s. • p. 147-158. ISBN 978-80-87378-86-1.
  • Šlerka J., Smolík F.: Automatická měřítka čitelnosti pro česky psané texty. Studie z aplikované lingvistiky / Studies in Applied Linguistics, 2010, č. • no. 1, s. • p. 33-44. ISSN 1804-3240.

 

 

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