Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Ján Hacek, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Hacek
I.2 - Name
Ján
I.3 - Degrees
doc. Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1984
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Journalism, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Štúrova 9, 811 02 Bratislava Slovakia
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
jan.hacek@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5918
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Media and Communication Studies
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-2102-3661

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Catholic University in Ružomberok
II.b - Year
2008
II.c - Study field and programme
Journalism
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Catholic University in Ružomberok
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
Theory and History of Journalism
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
2021
II.c - Study field and programme
Media and Communication Studies
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Research worker Comenius University September 2011 – January 2012
Assistant Professor Comenius University February 2012 – May 2021
Associate Professor Comenius University June 2021 – present

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Course: Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism Bellingcat 2025
Course: JournalismAI London School of Economics and Political Science 2024
Course: Criminal aspects and economic crime in the media Comenius University 2024
Course: Data Organization in Spreadsheets Göttingen Carpentries Team 2021
Course: OpenRefine for Data Cleaning Göttingen Carpentries Team 2021
Course: Data Management with SQL Göttingen Carpentries Team 2021
Course: MS Teams Comenius University Bratislava 2020
Course: AIS Comenius University Bratislava 2016
Course: Google Fussion Tables Google 2014
Course: QuarkXpress Macrosoft 2012

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Media Research Trends Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies
Theory of Mass Communication and Journalism 1 Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies
Theory of Mass Communication and Journalism 2 Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies
Introduction into Media Studies Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Methodology of Research in Media and Communication Sciences Media and Communication Studies III. Media and Communication Studies
Media Content Research Media and Communication Studies III. Media and Communication Studies
History of Communication in Journalism Media and Communication Studies III. Media and Communication Studies
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Library and Information Studies Media and Communication Studies
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
5
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
32
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
38
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Data driven journalism Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies
Economic Journalism Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies
Media Studio 1 Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Media on the internet Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Desktop Publishing Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Media education Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies
Bachelor's Degree Thesis Seminar 1 Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Bachelor's Degree Thesis Seminar 2 Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Diploma Thesis Seminar 1 Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies
Diploma Thesis Seminar 2 Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies
Criminal Law Aspects and Economic Crime in Media Journalism I., II. Media and Communication Studies

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
75
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
62
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
3
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
131
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
123
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
29
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
27
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
6
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Hacek, J. (2017). The correlation of usability, familiarity, satisfaction and reputation with the loyalty of student users of news websites. Medijske studije, 8(15), 56–71.

2

Hacek, J. (2025). Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Media : A Bibliometric Analysis in Academic Research. In: Media Literacy and Academic Research, 8 (1), 29-47. DOI 10.34135/mlar-25-01-02

3

Hacek, J. (2020). Otvorené zdroje a dáta pre novinárov na Slovensku (1. vyd.). Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave. ISBN 978-80-223-4845-4.

4

Hacek, J. (2020). Nové médiá – aktuálne výzvy dneška (1. vyd.). Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, s. 70, ISBN 978-80-223-5001-3.

5

Hacek, J. (2014). Lojalita recipienta k spravodajským webom. Otázky žurnalistiky, 57(3–4), 43–53. ISSN 0322-7049.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Hacek, J. (2025). Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Media : A Bibliometric Analysis in Academic Research. In: Media Literacy and Academic Research, 8 (1), 29-47. DOI 10.34135/mlar-25-01-02

2

Hacek, J., & Vírostková, L. (2022). Lies are all around but who are the liars? Addressing online disinformation platforms in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In J. C. Correia, P. Jerónimo, & I. Amaral (Eds.), Disinformation studies: Perspectives from an emerging field (pp. 171–192). University of Beira Interior. ISBN 978-989-654-863-6.

3

Hacek, J. (2020). Otvorené zdroje a dáta pre novinárov na Slovensku (1. vyd.). Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave. ISBN 978-80-223-4845-4.

4

Hacek, J. (2020). Nové médiá – aktuálne výzvy dneška (1. vyd., 70 s.). Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave. ISBN 978-80-223-5001-3.

5

Hacek, J. (2020). Dezinformačné weby v čase koronakrízy: Atmosféra nedôvery v médiá. Otázky žurnalistiky, 63(1–2), 19–28. ISSN 0322-7049.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Hacek, J. (2017). The correlation of usability, familiarity, satisfaction and reputation with the loyalty of student users of news websites. Medijske studije, 8(15), 56–71. ISSN 1847-9758.

  • Guo, F., Chen, J. H., Li, M., Lyu, W., & Zhang, J. J. (2020). Effects of visual complexity on user search behavior and satisfaction: An eye-tracking study of mobile news apps. Universal Access in the Information Society, May 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-021-00815-1. SCOPUS, SSCI, SCIE, WOS.

2

Hacek, J. (2012). Ochrana detí online - softvérové zabezpečenie = Protecting children online - using software. In Žurnalistika, médiá, spoločnosť 2 (pp. 74–87). STIMUL. ISBN 978-80-8127-061-1.

  • Izrael, P., Karasová, M., & Yang, M. M. (2020). Parental mediation of digital media use among children aged 3-8 from the perspective of parents' media competence. The New Educational Review, 60(2), 27–38.

3

Hacek, J. (2022). An overview of war propaganda and robotrolling. Otázky žurnalistiky, 65(1–2).

  • Kang, W. S. (2024). North Korean propaganda and counterpropaganda on YouTube: Attribute agendas and relationships with network strengths. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 34(2), 133–155. https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.00110.kan. ISSN 0957-6851 (print), ISSN 1569-9838 (online).
4

Hacek, J. (2017). Rodinné komunikačné vzorce. Psychologie a její kontexty, 8(1), 19–30. ISSN 1803-9278.

  • Veresova, M., & Mujkosova, K. (2020). Relationship between risk behavior of pubescents and characteristics of their family environment. Ad Alta-Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 10(2), 331–335. ESCI (SCOPUS)

5

Hacek, J., & Virostková, L. (2022). Lies are all around but who are the liars? Addressing online disinformation platforms in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In J. C. Correia, P. Jerónimo, & I. Amaral (Eds.), Disinformation studies: Perspectives from an emerging field (pp. 171–191). LabCom Communication & Arts. ISBN 978-989-654-861-2 (print), 978-989-654-863-6 (online).

  • Burda, R., & Procházka, J. (2024). Network analysis of disinformation actors during COVID-19 pandemics and beyond: The case of Czech Facebook. Obrana a strategie: teoretický časopis Ústavu strategických studií, 24(1), 19–39. https://doi.org/10.3849/1802-7199.24.2024.01.019-039. ISSN 1214-6463 (print), 1802-7199 (online). SCOPUS.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

KEGA 025UK-4/2025 (2025 – 2027)

025UK-4/2025 Investigative journalism in university education – reflections on editorial practice (main researcher)

2

APVV-24-0323 (2025 – 2029)

Media representation of Roma minority in Slovak and Czech television news (co-researcher)

3

VEGA 1/0203/2021 (2021 – 2024)

The influence of the media on the social status of celebrities: transformations of Marian Kočner's media image in Slovak society (co-researcher)

4

EU Kids Online research 2015 – 2023

EU Kids Online research (co-researcher)

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Head of Department Department of Journalism, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2019 – present
Editor-in-Chief Otázky žurnalistiky 2023 – present
study consultant Department of Journalism, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2016 – 2019
member of Civil Association MASS-MEDIA-SCIENCE 2015 – present
Member of the Doctoral Studies Committee Faculty of Mass Media Communication of St. Cyril and Methodius University in Trnava 2023 – present

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Columbia University in the City of New York 1130 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027 9/2010 – 10/2010 visiting scholar/fee-paying
University of Tromsø PO Box 6050, Langnes N-9037 Tromsø, Norway 9/2009 – 10/2009 SAIA grant
University of Vaasa University of Vaasa, PB 700, 65101 VAASA, FINLAND 11/2009 – 12/2009 visiting scholar/fee-paying
Palacký University Olomouc Křížkovského 511/8, CZ-779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic 2/2007 – 5/2007 Erazmus

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned
  • member of Journalism Awards Comittee in Slovakia (2019 – present)
  • Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Questions of Journalism (2023 – present)
  • organizer of interdisciplinary conference FENOMEN
  • evaluator of KEGA, VEGA grants and evaluator for Slovak Academic Information Agency
  • Journalist RTVS Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska/Radio and Television Slovakia (2011)
  • Participation: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) – World Press Freedom Index (2021)
  • Member of Expert Group: The Media Pluralism Monitor – Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom
  • European dialogue: Invited lectures, evaluation grants Future Stories Award
  • Member of Sectoral Council for Culture and the Creative Industries
  • Journal: Otázky žurnalistiky (2016 – 2022) Editorial Board – Executive Editor and DTP
  • member of Siemens Media Award 2023
Date of last update
2026-02-28