Jaromír Mazák

Biographic Data

ID4153208
NAMEJaromír Mazák
GIVEN NAMESJaromír
FAMILY NAMEMazák
SIGNATUREMAZÁK J
AFFILIATIONSCharles University
ORCID0000-0001-9326-1290
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS6
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Public Engagement with Foreign Policy Using “Diplotainment

    Open AccessPaweł Surowiec, Paweł Surowiec-Capell et al.ARTICLEGlobal Studies Quarterly2025References: 11

    This article advances the debate on the democratising effects of digitalisation on diplomatic contents by examining a newly emergent pathway to public engagement with foreign policy. Our analysis explores the liminal spaces in the conduct of foreign policy, focusing on the digitalisation of the statecraft practice of public diplomacy and transnational activism of late night talk-show hosts, particularly in contesting a norm-breaking turn in a sta…

  • Manoeuvring towards Success

    Open AccessJaromír Mazák, Lucie NěmcováARTICLECzech Sociological Review2023References: 23

    In the period from 2013 to 2017, the Czech Parliament passed five bills against corruption.A civil initiative called Reconstruction of the State was heavily involved in the process.Before the 2013 elections, the initiative prompted the candidates running for an MP mandate to publicly commit to supporting selected legislation proposals.The initiative used a variety of advocacy and campaign tactics to support passing the bills after the elections.T…

  • The Science of Scale for Violence Prevention

    Open AccessY Shenderovich, J M Lachman et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Ending all violence against children by 2030 is a core part of Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16. A number of promising violence reduction strategies have been identified in research studies. However, we lack an understanding of the implementation and impact of these programs in respect to their delivery at a large scale or within existing service systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We advocate for greater coll…

  • “Nobody Tells us what to Write about”

    Václav Štětka, Jaromír Mazák et al.ARTICLEJavnost - The Public2021

    The rise of digital platforms has provided an opportunity for an unprecedented expansion of the public sphere; however, the recent proliferation of online disinformation, automated propaganda as well as hate speech has substantially hampered their potential to become an instrument for more egalitarian and participatory communication in a democratic society. In many countries, the ascent of right-wing populism in recent years has been associated w…

  • Facebook as an instrument of election campaigning and voters’ engagement

    Open AccessVáclav Štětka, Paweł Surowiec et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Communication2019Cited by: 3References: 43

    Adding to the growing scholarship on the use and role of social media in election campaigning, this article examines and compares the character and determinants of Internet users’ engagement with political party communication in 2013 and 2015 Parliamentary election campaigns in Czechia and Poland. Apart from the relationship between the thematic focus of party-produced content and the level of users’ interactivity, the study also explores the way…

  • Transactional activism without transactions

    Jaromír Mazák, Tomáš DiviákARTICLESocial movement studies2018Cited by: 2References: 28

    In 2007, Petrova and Tarrow coined the term transactional activism, arguing that, despite weak individual-level political participation, civil societies in Central and Eastern Europe were surprisingly strong due to their capacity to establish transactional links. Yet the research which followed, relying mostly on quantitative data, has not uncovered much evidence of how transactional activism works. To make advances here, we take a more qualitati…

  • Good girls don't comment on politics? Gendered character of online political participation in the Czech Republic

    Lenka Vochocová, Václav Štětka et al.ARTICLEInformation Communication & Society2016

    The article aims to contribute to the still relatively unexplored area of the relationship between gender and online political participation. Using two complementary methods – a representative, post-election survey of the adult Czech population and a content analysis of communication on the selected Czech political parties’ Facebook profiles during the campaign for the 2013 Parliamentary Elections – we attempt to challenge some established assump…

  • Nothing for the Girls? The Gender Gap in Political Participation on Social Network Sites

    Open AccessLenka Vochocová, Jaromír Mazák et al.ARTICLEGender a výzkum / Gender and…2016Cited by: 1References: 42

    This paper elaborates on the authors' previous research on the relatively unexplored area of the gender aspects of online political participation. Quantitative content analysis is used to analyse communication on selected Czech political parties' Facebook profiles during the campaign for the parliamentary elections in 2013 and 2014. The article focuses on women's presence in political discussions and the relationship between their presence and th…

  • Whither slacktivism? Political engagement and social media use in the 2013 Czech Parliamentary elections

    Open AccessVáclav Štětka, Jaromír MazákARTICLECyberpsychology Journal of…2014

    This article examines the relationship between online political expression and offline forms of political participation in the context of the 2013 Czech Parliamentary elections. It draws on the rapidly growing but still very much inconclusive empirical evidence concerning the use of new media and social network sites in particular for electoral mobilization and social activism, and their impact on more traditional forms of civic and political eng…