My research and teaching examine digital cultures — spanning social media, journalism, and AI — through critical and cultural frameworks, analyzing how digital content creators act as both agents of change and conduits of dominant narratives in global and local contexts. Specifically, I examine power in journalism, political and environmental communication, and in discourse surrounding emerging technologies that shape media authority.

I am currently Professor in Digital Culture in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University and a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Informatics at Vytautas Magnus University, in Lithuania. I share life with my wife and our two sons. Email me at rgutsche@fau.edu.