Rate My Professor Robert Gutsche

Gutsche's research and teaching focus on digital cultures spanning social media, journalism, and AI through critical and cultural frameworks, analyzing power in journalism, political and environmental communication, and emerging technologies shaping media authority. Key publications include the books Geographies of Journalism: The Imaginative Power of Place in Making Digital News (2019, with Kristy Hess), Media Control: News as an Institution of Power and Social Control (2017), and The Trump Presidency, Journalism, and Democracy (2018); as well as articles such as "Covering Synergistic Effects of Climate Change: Global Challenges for Journalism" (2022), "Cultures of Digital Architectures: Power and Positionalities in the Backend of Online Journalism Production" (2022), and "Introduction—Covering Synergistic Effects of Climate Change: Global Challenges for Journalism" (2024). His scholarship has garnered over 1,300 citations. Awards include Top Faculty Paper (2nd Place) from the AEJMC Cultural and Critical Studies Division (2014), Honorable Mention for Digital Journalism Article of the Year (2020, with Kristy Hess), Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2019), and the 2017 Images and Voices of Hope Award. He has contributed to committees including the AEJMC Critical Cultural Studies Division Executive Committee and FAU Faculty Senate University Research Committee, and his journalism has appeared in The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Newsday.