Research
Gutsche, Jr., R. E., Coche, R., D’Angelo, P., & Ferrucci, P. (forthcoming). “‘Part of the gig:’ Negotiating the press conference rite surrounding Naomi Osaka’s ‘bombshell’ decision.” Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism.
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2024). Cultures of digital architectures: Power and positionalities in the backend of online journalism production. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 48(3), 392-410.doi: 10.1177/01968599221113989. Open Access
Forde, S., Gutsche, Jr., R. E., & Pinto, J. (2023). Digital palimpsests: Exploring "ideological correction" in digital news updates of Portland protests & police violence. Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism, 24(1), 157-176. doi: doi: 10.1177/14648849221100073. Open Access
Cui, Z., Gutsche, Jr., R. E., & Pinto, J. (2022). Seeing the (in)justice of sustainability: Visualizing inequality at the center of climate change communication. Journal of Environmental Media, 3(1), 3-10. doi: 10.1386/jem_0069_2. PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E., Forde, S., Pinto, J., & Zhu, Y. (2022). “Good morning, COVID!” The inertia of journalistic imaginaries in morning shows’ online comments. Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism, 23(12), 2552-2570. doi: 10.1177/14648849221099265. Open Access
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. & Pinto, J. (2022). Covering synergistic effects of climate change: Global challenges for journalism. Journalism Practice, 16(2/3), 237-243. PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E., Cong, X., Pan, F., Sun, Y., & DeLoach, L. (2022). #DiminishingDiscrimination: The symbolic annihilation of race and racism in news hashtags of “calling 911 on black people.”Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism, 23(1), 259-277. doi: 10.1177/1464884920919279. Open Access
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2021). Critical theory and being critical: Connections and contradictions. Media and Communication, 9(2), 86-87. PDF
Xu, N. & Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2021). “Going offline”: Social media, source verification, and Chinese investigative journalism during “information overload.” Journalism Practice, 15(8), 1146-1162. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2020.1776142. PDF
Marino, M. I., Bilge, N., Gutsche, Jr., R. E. , & Holt, L. (2020). Who (and where) is credible?: Using virtual reality to examine credibility and bias of perceived race/ethnicity in urban/suburban environments. Howard Journal of Communications, 31(3), 297-315. doi: 10.1080/10646175.2020.1714514. PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. & Hess, K. (2020). “Placeification”: The transformation of digital news spaces into “places” of meaning. Digital Journalism, 8(5), 586-595. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2020.1737557. (invited, peer-reviewed; Honorable Mention for Digital Journalism Article of the Year, 2020) PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2019). The state (and future) of television news studies: Theoretical perspectives, methodological problems, and practice. Journalism Practice, 13(9), 1034-1041. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2019.1644965. PDF
Hess, K. & Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2019).Total eclipse of the social: What journalism can learn from the fundamentals of Facebook. Journalism Practice, 13(8), 1013-1017. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2019.1642126. (invited, peer-reviewed) PDF
Brennen, B. & Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2019). Journalism research in practice: Strategies, innovation, and approaches to change. Journalism Practice, 13(8), 886-889. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2019.1645613. PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2019). From the shipping news to Snapchat: Problems of space, place, and power in journalism. Journalism & Communication Monographs, 21(2), 152-159. doi: 10.1177/1522637919848349.(invited) PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2019). Teaching in post-truth: Challenges, lessons, and innovations in journalism education. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 74(2), 127-129.doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1077695819846020. PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2019). Elevating problems of journalistic power in an age of post-truth. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 74(2), 240-248.doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1077695819846027. PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. & Shumow, M. (2019). When local is national: An analysis of interacting journalistic communities in coverage of sea rise. Journalism Studies, 20(3), 442-462.doi: 10.1080/1461670X.2017.1364141. PDF
Black, S., Estrada, C., de la Fuente, M. C., Orozco, A., Trabazo, T., de la Vega, S., & Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2019). “Nobody really wants to be called bossy or domineering”: Feminist critique of media “industry speak.” Journalism Practice, 13(1), 35-51. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2017.1399812 PDF
Jacobson, S., Marino, J., & Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2018). Should there be an app for that?: An analysis of interactive applications within longform news stories. Journal of Magazine Media, 18(2), 1-21. PDF
Hess, K. & Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2018). Journalism and the ‘social sphere’: Reclaiming a foundational concept for beyond politics and the public sphere. Journalism Studies, 19(4), 483-498. doi: 10.1080/1461670X.2017.1389296 Open Access
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. & Hess, K. (2018). Contesting communities: The problem of journalism and social order. Journalism Practice, 12(2), 136-145. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2017.1397935 PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. & Salkin, E. (2017). Behold the monster: Mythical explanations of deviance and evil in news of the Amish school shooting. Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism, 18(8), 994-1010. doi: 10.1177/1464884916657508 PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. & Shumow, M. (2017). ‘NO OUTLET’: A critical visual analysis of neoliberal narratives in mediated geographies. Visual Communication, 16(1), 109-137. doi: 10.1177/1470357216668692. PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. , Jacobson, S., Pinto, J., & Michel, C. (2017). Reciprocal (and reductionist?) newswork: An examination of youth involvement in creating local participatory environmental news. Journalism Practice, 11(1), 62-79. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2015.1111159 PDF
Shumow, M. & Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2016). Urban policy, press & place: City-making in Florida’s Miami-Dade County. Journal of Urban Affairs, 38(3), 450-466. doi: 10.1111/juaf.12225 PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. & Salkin, E. R. (2016). Who lost what? An analysis of myth, loss, and proximity in news coverage of the Steubenville rape. Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism, 17(4), 456-473. doi: 10.1177/1464884914566195 PDF
Jacobson, S., Marino, J., & Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2016). The digital animation of literary journalism. Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism, 17(4), 527-546. doi: 10.1177/1464884914568079 PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2015). Boosterism as banishment: Identifying the power function of local, business news and coverage of city spaces. Journalism Studies, 16(4), 497-512. doi: 10.1080/1461670X.2014.924730 PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. , Naranjo, C. & Martinez-Bustos, L. (2015). ’Now we can talk’: The role of culture in journalistic boundary work during the boycott of Puerto Rico’s La Comay. Journalism Practice, 9(3), 298-313. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2014.963358 PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2014). News place-making: Applying ‘mental mapping’ to explore the journalistic interpretive community. Visual Communication, 13(4), 487-510. doi: 10.1177/1470357214541754 PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2014). ‘Life between fingers’: A response to news photography of an ‘urban ghetto.’ Visual Communication Quarterly, 21(1), 14-23. doi: 10.1080/15551393.2014.892776 PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2014). There’s no place like home: Storytelling of war in Afghanistan and street crime ‘at home’ in the Omaha World-Herald. Journalism Practice, 8(1), 65-79. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2013.778602 PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2013). Zombies, drugs & Florida weirdness: ‘Imaginative power’ & resonance in coverage of Miami’s ‘Causeway Cannibal.’ Journalism Studies, 14(4), 555-567. doi: 10.1080/1461670X.2013.779106 PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. & Salkin, E. R. (2013). ‘It’s better than blaming a dead young man’: Creating mythical archetypes in local coverage of the Mississippi River drownings. Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism, 14(1), 61-77. doi: 10.1177/1464884912442452 PDF
Berkowitz, D. &Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2012). Drawing lines in the journalistic sand: Jon Stewart, Edward R. Murrow and memory of news gone by. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 89(4), 643-656. doi: 1077699012456020 PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2011). Building boundaries: A case study of the use of news photographs and cultural narratives in the coverage of local crime and in the creation of urban space. Visual Communication Quarterly, 18(3), 140-154. doi: 10.1080/15551393.2011.599275 PDF
Gutsche, Jr., R. E. & Salkin, E. R. (2011). News stories: An exploration of independence within post-secondary journalism. Journalism Practice, 5(2), 193-209. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2010.512494 PDF