Background
I am Professor of media studies and a literary nonfiction author. I completed my PhD in 1999 and in 2001 was engaged as a permanent faculty member at the Department of media and communication, becoming full professor in 2003. I have been Head of department at the Department of media and communication and PhD coordinator at the departmental and faculty level. These days I publish mainly books in English for an academic audience, and nonfiction trade books in Norwegian for a general readership. The former are mainly media-oriented, while the latter are based in the interdisciplinary humanities.
Special fields
- Media history
- Media and communication theory
- Academic and nonfiction writing
In 2018-19, Ytreberg was co-leader (with Helge Jordheim) of the In Sync project at the Centre for Advanced Study. In 2011-12, he was co-leader (with Kjersti Thorbjørnsrud) of the Norwegian Research Council research project "Media and Migrations". In 2003-7, he was co-leader (with Trine Syvertsen) of the NRC research project "Participation and Play in Convergent Media", which was also supported by the European Research Council. In 2001-2 he headed the research project "Scheduling in Nordic public service television", funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Ongoing and planned research projects
- "Thinking history through images: Sources as media". A short book publication for the series Cambridge Elements in Historical Theory and Practice. Forthcoming in 2026.
- "Ut av denne verden: Halfdan Egedius og øyeblikket". Literary nonfiction book for Forlaget Press, forthcoming fall 2026.
- "Stjerneløperen: Adrian Jacobsens liv og reiser blant levende og døde". Literary nonfiction book project for Forlaget Press.