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Martin Engebretsen

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Email
martin.engebretsen@uia.no
Phone
+47 38 14 20 85
Mobile phone
+47 92 24 64 01
Office
E2074B (Universitetsveien 25, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway)

Background and experience

  • 1987                Cand. Philol (MA in Scandinavian studies)
  • 1988-1992       Journalist in the newspaper Fædrelandsvennen
  • 1992-2001       Lecturer at Agder University College
  • 2001-2009       Associated professor at Agder University College
  • 2009-               Professor at University of Agder

Areas of responsibility

I am a professor of language and communication at the Department of Nordic and Media Studies at the University of Agder. I am a member of the research group for communication and media studies and I teach subjects that deal with various forms of text and media analysis. I teach at all levels, but most of my teaching is linked to the master's study in Social Communication. My research has for many years been oriented towards studies of genre change and digitalisation. I defended a thesis on news and hypertext in 2001, and since then I have been interested in how digitalisation changes the way we communicate with each other, both in private and professional contexts. I have also researched visual and composite text forms. From 2010-2015 I was part of the steering group for the project Multimodality and cultural change, and in the period 2017-2020 I led an NFR-supported research project on data visualization. In recent years, I have been part of the steering group for the Center for e-health. Here I have investigated how professional health workers use social media to reach out with health advice to their followers.

 

On-going and concluded projects

  • Researcher in the EU-supported project UPSCALE (2024-2027)
  • PI in the research project Health experts on social media (2023-2023). funded by The Norwegian Media Authorities (RAM)
  • Leader of the research project Innovative Data Visualization and Visual-Numeric Literacy (indvil.org) (2016-2020). The project is supported by the Norwegian Research Council (NFR) and the Norwegian Media Authorities (RAM).

   

 

 

Teaching

Teaching areas

  • Theory/analysis of language and text
  • Theory/analysis of media and communication
  • Multimodality
  • Visual communication
  • Digital communication

Research

Research areas

  • Text and discourse studies
  • Multimodality and visual communication
  • Digitalization of genres
  • Journalism
  • Rhetorics
  • Health communication
  • Digitalisation in museums

Publications

  • Wiik, Anders E. & Engebretsen, Martin (2025). Are line graphs still shibboleths? Two dilemmas in contemporary data visualization. For the Learning of Mathematics. ISSN 0228-0671. 45(2), p. 37–38. doi: https:/flm-journal.org/Articles/59D7B6732B17A474366620666DD018.pdf. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2024). På YouTube og Instagram i folkehelsas tjeneste. En studie av tre helsearbeidere på sosiale medier. Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT). ISSN 0804-8452. 30(4), p. 1–19. doi: 10.18261/nmt.30.4.2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2024). The role, impact, and responsibilities of health experts on social media. A focus group study with future healthcare workers. Frontiers in Communication. 9, p. 1–11. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2024.1296296. Full text in Research Archive
  • Prinz, Andreas; Engebretsen, Martin; Gjøsæter, Terje; Møller-Pedersen, Birger & Xanthopoulou, Themis Dimitra (2023). Models, systems, and descriptions: A cross-disciplinary reflection on models. Frontiers in Computer Science. 5. doi: 10.3389/fcomp.2023.1031807. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skjæveland, Marianne Knudsen & Engebretsen, Martin (2023). Design for digitale museumsopplevelser. En sosialsemiotisk analyse av to kunstmuseers tilbud på nett. Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT). ISSN 0804-8452. 30(1), p. 1–20. doi: 10.18261/nmt.30.1.4. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2023). Communicating health advice on social media: A multimodal case study. Mediekultur. ISSN 0900-9671. 39(74), p. 164–184. doi: 10.7146/mk.v39i74.134085. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kennedy, Helen; Allen, William; Engebretsen, Martin; Hill, Rosemary Lucy; Kirk, Andy & Weber, Wibke (2021). Data Visualizations: Newsroom Trends and Everyday Engagements. In Liliana, Bounegru & Gray, Jonathan (Ed.), The Data Journalism Handbook. Amsterdam University Press. ISSN 9789048542079. p. 162–173. doi: 10.2307/j.ctv1qr6smr.27. Full text in Research Archive
  • Nærland, Torgeir Uberg & Engebretsen, Martin (2021). Towards a critical understanding of data visualisation in democracy: a deliberative systems approach. Information, Communication & Society. ISSN 1369-118X. doi: 10.1080/1369118X.2021.1968922. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2020). Putting the Data Center Stage. Graphs, charts and maps in the news media. In Stöckl, Helmut; Caple, Helen & Pflaeging, Jana (Ed.), Shifts towards Image-centricity in Contemporary Multimodal Practices. Routledge. ISSN 9780429487965. p. 275–296. doi: 10.4324/9780429487965-15. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kennedy, Helen; Weber, Wibke & Engebretsen, Martin (2020). Data visualization and transparency in the news. In Engebretsen, Martin & Kennedy, Helen (Ed.), Data Visualization in Society. Amsterdam University Press. ISSN 9789048543137. p. 169–185. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvzgb8c7.17. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kennedy, Helen & Engebretsen, Martin (2020). Introduction: The relationships between graphs, charts,maps and meanings, feelings, engagements. In Engebretsen, Martin & Kennedy, Helen (Ed.), Data Visualization in Society. Amsterdam University Press. ISSN 9789048543137. p. 19–32. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvzgb8c7.7. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2020). From decoding a graph to processing a multimodal message: Interacting with data visualization in the news media. Nordicom Review. ISSN 1403-1108. 41(1), p. 33–50. doi: 10.2478/nor-2020-0004. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2020). What ‘Work’ Can Dataviz Do in Popular Science Communication? VISIGRAPP. ISSN 2184-5921. 3, p. 260–264. doi: 10.5220/0009094002600264. Full text in Research Archive
  • Weber, Wibke; Engebretsen, Martin & Kennedy, Helen (2018). Data stories. Rethinking journalistic storytelling in the context of data journalism. Studies in Communication Sciences (SComS). ISSN 1424-4896. 18(1), p. 191–206. doi: 10.24434/j.scoms.2018.01.013. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin; Weber, Wibke & Kennedy, Helen (2018). Data visualization in Scandinavian newsrooms: Emerging trends in journalistic visualization practices. Nordicom Review. ISSN 1403-1108. 39(2), p. 3–18. doi: 10.2478/nor-2018-0007. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin & Weber, Wibke (2017). Graphic modes. In Perrin, Daniel & Cotter, Colleen (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Language and Media. Routledge. ISSN 9781138014176. p. 208–220. doi: 10.4324/9781315673134-21. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2017). Levende diagrammer og zoombare kart. Datavisualisering som nyskapende fortellerform i journalistikken. Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT). ISSN 0804-8452. 24(2), p. 1–27. doi: 10.18261/issn.0805-9535-2017-02-02. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2015). Et multimodalt perspektiv på kulturmøter. In Engebretsen, Martin (Eds.), Det tredje språket: Multimodale studier av interkulturell kommunikasjon i kunst, skole og samfunnsliv. Portal forlag. ISSN 9788283140361. p. 11–30. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2015). Digital historiefortelling som interkulturell kommunikasjon. In Engebretsen, Martin (Eds.), Det tredje språket: Multimodale studier av interkulturell kommunikasjon i kunst, skole og samfunnsliv. Portal forlag. ISSN 9788283140361. p. 49–63. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2015). Transkulturelle erfaringer i sosiale medier : en studie av diskursive strategier hos norske innvandrere på nett. Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT). ISSN 0804-8452. 22(4), p. 1–22. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2014). The soundslide report: Innovative journalism or misplaced works of art? Nordicom Review. ISSN 1403-1108. 35(1), p. 99–113. doi: 10.2478/nor-2014-0007. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2012). Balancing cohesion and tension in multimodal rhetoric. An interdisciplinary approach to the study of semiotic complexity. Learning, Media and Technology. ISSN 1743-9884. 37(2), p. 145–162. doi: 10.1080/17439884.2012.655745. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2012). Nett, brett, papir? Diskursive potensialer i konkurrerende medieplattformer. In Andersen, Thomas Hestbæk & Boeriis, Morten (Ed.), Nordisk socialsemiotik : pædagogiske, multimodale og sprogvidenskabelige landvindinger. Syddansk Universitetsforlag. ISSN 9788776746575. p. 39–58. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2010). Hvorfor og hvordan analyserer vi sammensatte tekster? In Engebretsen, Martin (Eds.), Skrift/Bilde/Lyd: Analyse av sammensatte tekster. Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget. ISSN 9788276348583. p. 17–36. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2010). Multimodal retorikk på nettet. In Engebretsen, Martin (Eds.), Skrift/Bilde/Lyd: Analyse av sammensatte tekster. Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget. ISSN 9788276348583. p. 101–124. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Gnach, Alexandra; Weber, Wibke; Engebretsen, Martin & Perrin, Daniel (2022). Digital Communication and Media Linguistics. With Case Studies in Journalism, PR, and Community Communication. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108490191. 310 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin & Kennedy, Helen (2020). Data Visualization in Society. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 9789048543137. 464 p. doi: 10.1201/9781003673231. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2015). Det tredje språket: Multimodale studier av interkulturell kommunikasjon i kunst, skole og samfunnsliv. Portal forlag. ISBN 9788283140361. 334 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2013). Visuelle samtaler. Anvendelser av fotografi og grafikk i nye digitale kontekster. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788245012361. 198 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2010). Skrift/Bilde/Lyd: Analyse av sammensatte tekster. Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget. ISBN 9788276348583. 259 p. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Engebretsen, Martin (2025). Den multimodale konstruksjonen av digitaliserte helsetjenester. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2025). How can the media discourse influence the implementation of health technology in public health services? A mixed methods study. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin; Bjorvand, Agnes-Margrethe & Mustad, Erik (2025). Fra skrivemaskin til KI - hvordan internett og sosiale medier har endret måten vi kommuniserer på. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2024). Helseinfluenserne – vår nye førstelinjetjeneste? Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2024). Digitalization and multimodality - a genre approach. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2024). Helsearbeidere på sosiale medier – muligheter, utfordringer og praksiser. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2023). How to create understanding, motivation and trust through the visualization of health data. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2023). Mellom profesjonell distanse og medmenneskelig nærhet. Når helsearbeidere bruker YouTube og Instagram til informasjon og rådgivning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2023). Health experts on social media: a new first‐line service? Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2023). Influensere i folkehelsas tjeneste. Hva gjør leger og psykologer på Youtube og Instagram? Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2023). Studying data visualization as a semiotic and social practice. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2022). Datafisering og datavisualisering. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2022). Studying data visualization as a social and semiotic practice. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2022). Helsearbeidere på sosiale medier – hvorfor, hvordan og med hvilken effekt? Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2021). Fra papiravis til mobil-nyheter: hva skjedde underveis? Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2021). Hva er det som gjør datavisualisering til effektiv kommunikasjon? Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2021). Popular science communication, digital data visualization and informal learning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2021). Hva grafer og diagrammer kan fortelle (noen av) oss. Om datavisualisering, klimakommunikasjon og visual-numeric literacy. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2021). Hva skal til for at visualisering av helsedata kan bidra til læring, motivasjon og bygging av tillit? Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2020). Tallgrafikken som forklarer verden – for dem som leser grafer. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2020). Data visualization as a semiotic tool for popular science communication. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2020). Det gøymde maktspråket. [Journal]. Forskerforum. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2019). Dataviz: Seeing it from the user’s side. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2019). Kompleksitet i bilder: Fra hypertekst til datavisualisering. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2019). Creating meanings and feelings with graphs and charts. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2019). The role of data visualization in contemporary journalism. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2018). Interacting with data visualization in the news media: a user study. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2018). Verbal kommunikasjon i hestesporten. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2018). Do graphs and charts make you a wiser person? Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2018). Datavisualisering i nyhetsmediene: Trender og holdninger. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2017). Hvordan bruke datavisualisering i klasserommet? Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2017). Harde fakta i klare farger. Hvordan styrke studentenes kompetanse i å lese og bruke datavisualiseringer? Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2017). Falske nyheter og alternative fakta – hva er det og hvilke problemstillinger reiser begrepene. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin; Weber, Wibke & Kennedy, Helen (2017). Visualization practices in Scandinavian news rooms: a qualitative study. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2017). Innovative Data Visualization and Visual-Numeric Literacy. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2017). Data visualization in society: creating meanings and feelings through the visualization of numbers. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2016). Interactive data visualizations - and the shaping of meanings and feelings. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2016). Introduksjon til multimodalitet. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2016). Datavisualiseringer: Fargerike og informasjonstunge – men hva tilfører de journalistikken? Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2015). Transkulturelle erfaringer i sosiale medier. En studie av diskursive strategier hos norske innvandrere på nett. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2015). Data visualization as a tool for digital mediation of numeric information. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2015). "Innovativ, relevant og nyttig forskning? Rapportering fra noen ærlige forsøk". Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2014). "Koherens i multimodale tekster". Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2014). "Grenseoverskridende formidling på YouTube". Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2014). "Museale bildesamlinger på nettet". Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2014). "Bilder i pr-tekster. Hva og hvordan kommuniserer de?". Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2014). "Digital storytelling as intercultural communication". Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2013). The Soundslide Report. Innovative Journalism or Misplaced Works of Art? Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2013). Bredt og ambisiøst om sosiale medier. Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT). ISSN 0804-8452. p. 358–361. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2013). Å analysere bilder i kontekst. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2013). Trab Laus. Digital Narrative as Social Action. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2013). Grafikk-basert folkeopplysning på nettet: fokus på meninger og kontekster. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2013). Den engasjerte leser. Opplevelse og fortolkning i unge leseres møte med komplekse nett-tekster. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2012). Nasjonalhistoriske bilder i nye, digitale kontekster. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2012). Konstruksjonen av et sted i verden. Multimodale nasjonsfremstillinger i vekslende mediale omgivelser. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2012). Visual conversations online. New uses of photo, video and graphics in evolving digital genres. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2011). Nett, brett, papir? Å analysere diskursive potensialer i konkurrerende medieplattformer. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2011). Analyzing discursive potentials in competing media platforms. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2010). Balancing Cohesion and Tension in Multimodal Rhetoric An interdisciplinary approach to the study of semiotic complexity. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2010). Den engasjerte leser. Opplevelse og fortolkning i unge leseres møte med komplekse nett-tekster. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2010). Complex, vivid and rich. Multimodal discources of learning in online newspapers. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2010). Analyse av medierte diskurser. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2010). Diskursanalyse av nettaviser. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2010). Nettavisen som diskursarena. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2010). Hvordan jobbe analytisk med dagens komplekse nett-tekster? Norsklæreren. ISSN 0332-7264. p. 18–24. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2009). Struktur og koherens i hypertekst. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2009). Hvor går journalistikken? Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2009). Opplevelse og fortolkning i møte med komplekse kulturelle ytringer. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2009). Kunsten å overbevise digitalt. En studie av multimodal meningsskaping og retorikk på nettet. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engebretsen, Martin (2009). Å analysere medierte diskurser. Full text in Research Archive

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