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Primary fields of research

• Images and conflict
• Media and conflict
• Journalism studies
• Social media
• Cross media communication
• Celebrity studies

Current research

• PI, research project Images of Conflict, Conflicting Images (2017-2021, Velux foundation)
• Visual icons of war and conflict
• Media coverage and media censorship of terrorism
• "Fake news" and images from war
• Humanitarian communication and visual representations of refugees
• Selfies and other self representations

Teaching

• My areas of supervision include media and conflict, images and conflict, visual communication, journalism, social media, cross media communication, celebrity studies, political communication. The research group Images of Conflict, Conflicting Images offers the possibility for MA students to write their thesis as part of the group. Please send a written application no later than May 1 (for  fall 2017) or November 1 (for spring 2018). 

Selected publications

1. Published

   Journalism and Eyewitness Images: Digital Media, Participation, and Conflict

   Mortensen, M., 2015, New York: Routledge. 182 p. (Routledge research in journalism, Vol. 8).

   Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

2. E-pub ahead of print

   Proximity and Distance in the Mediation of Suffering: Local Photographers in War-Torn Aleppo and the International Media Circuit

   Mollerup, N. G. & Mortensen, M., 10 Aug 2018, In : Journalism.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

3. Published

   Struggles for Visibility: Surveillance Representations and Self-Representations of Terrorists in the News Media

   Mortensen, M., 2019, In : Journalism Studies. 20, 7, p. 911-931

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

4. Published

   The Self-Censorship Dilemma: Media Coverage of Terrorists in the Post-Factual Era

   Mortensen, M., 2018, In : Journalism Studies. 19, 13, p. 1957-1968 12 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

5. Published

   Constructing, Confirming, and Contesting Icons: The Alan Kurdi Imagery appropriated by #humanitywashedashore, Ai Weiwei, and Charlie Hebdo

   Mortensen, M., 2017, In : Media, Culture & Society. 39, 8, p. 1142–1161 20 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

6. Published

   Digital Images and Globalized Conflict

   Blaagaard, B., Mortensen, M. & Neumayer, C., 2017, In : Media, Culture & Society. 39, 8, p. 1111–1121 11 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

7. Published

   Users across media: Special issue of Convergence

   Mortensen, M. (ed.) & Lomborg, S. (ed.), 2017, SAGE Publications. 110 p. (Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies; No. 4, Vol. 23).

   Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review