Mette Mortensen
Professor
Department of Communication
Karen Blixens Plads 8
2300 København S
Primary fields of research
Media and conflict
Images and conflict
Journalism studies
Social media
Celebrity studies
Influencers
Current research
My main expertise lies mainly within media and conflicts. I focus on the way in which digital media reconfigure the way conflicts are played out, represented and perceived. Moreover, I also conduct research on how the interplay between politics, popular culture and social media platforms contributes to polarization, populism and misinformation, for instance in studies of memes, influencers, anti-vax, etc.
Selected publications
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Journalism and Eyewitness Images: Digital Media, Participation, and Conflict
Mortensen, Mette, 2015, New York: Routledge. 182 p. (Routledge research in journalism, Vol. 8).Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Flesh witnessing: Smartphones, UGC and embodied testimony
Chouliaraki , L. & Mortensen, Mette, 2022, In: Journalism. 23, 3, p. 591–598Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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At the Boundaries of Authority and Authoritarianism in the Welfare State: News Coverage of Alt. Health Influencers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Mortensen, Mette & Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard, 2023, In: Javnost. 30, 1, p. 35-50 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The Playful Politics of Memes: Introduction to special issue
Mortensen, Mette & Neumayer, Christina, 2021, In: Information, Communication & Society. 24, 16, p. 2367-2377Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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“Don’t panic people! Trump will tweet the virus away”: Memes Contesting and Confirming Populist Political Leaders during the COVID-19 Crisis
Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard & Mortensen, Mette, 2023, The Playful Politics of Memes. Mortensen, M. & Neumayer, C. (eds.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Communication
- Accepted/In press
Media and the War in Ukraine
Mortensen, Mette (ed.) & Pantti, M. (ed.), 2023, (Accepted/In press) Peter Lang.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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What is the Self in the Celebrity Selfie? Celebrification, Phatic Communication and Performativity
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Conflictual Media Events, Eyewitness Images, and the Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Taking the Extra out of the Extraordinary: Paparazzi photography as an online celebrity news genre
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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