Personal profile
Primary fields of research
Media and conflict
Images and conflict
The Climate Crisis
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 and work with both war, political conflict, and the climate emergency. 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.
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities
- Media and conflict, visual politics, journalism, social media, celebrity studiesalistik, sociale medier, celebrity studies
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Sneaking AI through the Back Door: Constructing the Identity of Capitol Hill Rioters through Social Media Images and Facial Recognition Technologies
Mortensen, M., 2025, In: Information, Communication & Society. 28, 2, p. 278-294 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Social Media Images and Conflicts
Mortensen, M. (Editor) & McCrow-Young, A. (Editor), 2023, Routledge. 150 p.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
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Media and the War in Ukraine
Mortensen, M. (Editor) & Pantti, M. (Editor), 2023, Peter Lang. 238 p. (Global Crises and the Media, Vol. 29).Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
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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
23 Citations (Scopus) -
At the Boundaries of Authority and Authoritarianism in the Welfare State: News Coverage of Alt. Health Influencers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Mortensen, M. & Kristensen, N. N., 2023, In: Javnost. 30, 1, p. 35-50 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
7 Citations (Scopus) -
Flesh witnessing: Smartphones, UGC and embodied testimony
Chouliaraki , L. & Mortensen, M., 2022, In: Journalism. 23, 3, p. 591–598Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The Playful Politics of Memes
Mortensen, M. & Neumayer, C., 2021, In: Information, Communication & Society. 24, 16, p. 2367-2377 11 p.Research 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, N. N. & Mortensen, M., 2021, In: Information, Communication & Society. 24, 16, p. 2442-2458Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
30 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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The Contested Visibility of War: Actors on the Ground Taking and Distributing Images from the War in Syria
Mollerup, N. G. (Other) & Mortensen, M. (Speaker)
24 May 2018Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Danish School of Media and Journalism (External organisation)
Mortensen, M. (Member)
23 Apr 2018Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Membership of review committee
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Photojournalism and Iconic Images in a Digital Age: Editorial mediations over the Alan Kurdi photographs
Mortensen, M. (Other)
29 May 2017Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Presentation
Mortensen, M. (Other)
25 May 2017Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Constructing, Confirming, and Contesting Icons
Mortensen, M. (Other)
22 May 2017Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Images of Conflict. Conflicting Images
Mortensen, M. (Invited speaker)
28 Feb 2017Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Assessment committee (Event)
Mortensen, M. (Member)
2017Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Membership of review committee
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Assessment committee (Event)
Mortensen, M. (Member)
2017Activity: Presentations, memberships and other activity types › Membership of review committee
Press/Media
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Interview P1 morgen, press coverage of war in Syria
03/03/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Amatørbilleder fra krigs- og konfliktområder
01/01/2013
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Prizes
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Internationalization grant for female scholars at UCPH
Redvall, E. N. (Recipient) & Mortensen, M. (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions