Book Review

摘要

Beginning with the preface of Media Control, the author makes it clear that the book is as much a tool for him to come to terms with his understanding of media as it is for his readers. Gutsche's embrace of Robin Usher's argument-all research is at least in part autobiographical-allows him to map this ambitious recalibration of how scholars consider relationships between journalism and power. Media Control contends that journalism is both its own power system and a product of other dominant power systems focused on control. Gutsche acknowledges the contributions of political economists and critical media scholars, but he steers the discussion in new directions by improving understanding of how journalists connect news they produce with dominant cultural themes. This is Gutsche's starting point in an important work that delivers on its promise to reorganize the dialogue between journalists, media, news, control, and power.