Robert E. Gutsche Jr.

Robert E Gutsche Jr, PhD, is Senior Lecturer in Critical Digital Media Practice at Lancaster University, UK, and Visiting Professor at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania. He has been a journalist since 1996, with his work appearing in The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin State Journal, and other regional and local publications. Gutsche's scholarship surrounds the cultural and social meanings of news, particularly the ways in which news media demarcate space and characterize place as ideological tools for imposing social control. Visit www.robertgutschejr.com.