Espen Ytreberg

Espen Ytreberg is Professor of Media Studies in the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. His research interests include mediated roles and social interactions, media production, broadcast programming and scheduling. His current research projects deal with media scripting and processes of convergence between broadcasting and new media.

Website: www.media.uio.no/ansatte/

Address

Dept. of Media and Communication
University of Oslo
PO BOX 1093 Blindern
0317 Oslo, Norway
Phone +47-22 85 04 21 :: Fax +47-22 85 04 01

E-mail: espen.ytreberg[at]media.uio.no

Relevant Publications:

" Formatting participation within broadcast media production", forthcoming in Media Culture & Society.

" Erving Goffman as a theorist of the mass media", Critical Studies in Media Communication 19(4) 2002: 481-497.

" Ideal types in public service television: Paternalists and bureaucrats, charismatics and avant-gardists", Media Culture & Society 24(6) 2002: 759-774.

" Continuity in environments: The evolution of basic practices and dilemmas in Nordic television scheduling", European Journal of Communication vol. 17(3) 2002: 283-304.

" Moving Out of the Inverted Pyramid: Narratives and Descriptions in Television News", Journalism Studies vol. 2(3) 2001: 357-372.

" Notes on Text Production as a Field of Inquiry in Media Studies", Nordicom Review 2 2000: 53-62.