[Commlist] CFP Conference: Media in America, America in Media

CALL FOR PAPERS

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

/Media in America, America in Media/

23-24 May 2019

Lublin, Poland

The Department of American Literature and Culture together with the 
Department of Social Communication at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University 
invite the submission of abstracts for /Media in America, America in 
Media/ conference to be held on 23-24 May in Lublin, Poland. This is a 
second edition of a joint effort of the American Studies and Political 
Science scholars who aim to generate a cross-disciplinary debate that 
brings together divergent yet complementary voices reflecting on 
American media environment and America’s portrayals in media across the 
globe. Conference languages are English and Polish.

Since the conference is being held under the patronage of Polish 
Rhetoric Society, we are honored to present our Keynote Speaker, Prof. 
Kris Rutten from Ghent University in Belgium, the President of Rhetoric 
Society of Europe.

The conference /Media in America, America in Media/ addresses a wide 
variety of topics across the disciplines of media, political science, 
language and cultural studies. They may include the following themes, 
among others:

*I.**Media in America*

1. Media and their representations in America

• Mass media, social media and personalized media

• Rhetoric of media in America - ideology, persuasion, manipulation past 
and present

• Profile of contemporary audience in the United States

• Media as a tool in identity formation

2. Media theories in America

• Contemporary American theories of communication and media

• Mediatization – American model vs. European model

• Rhetorical perspectives on /logos, ethos and pathos /in media

• Visual media studies, game studies – intertexts and intermediality

3. Media technologies in America

• Technological revolutions – trends and implications

• Media personalities - the role and ethos of a (digital) journalist

• Advertising - role, medium, case studies, micro-rhetorical situations

• Big Data, fake news, bots and apps – new concepts, new challenges

*II.**America in Media*

**

1. Images of America in American media

• Representations of the majority and the minorities: ideological, 
feminist, religious, racial, ethnic, LGBT and other

• New phenomena, new audiences – America in TV series, podcasts, games, 
hashtags, infographics, tweets, pins...

• Adaptations in the media: history, literature and art in a new form


2. Images of America in foreign media

• American models – political and advertising campaigns, newsrooms, 
sitcoms, talk shows, morning TV, etc.

• American media and international reception – a comparative study

• Whose America? – a homogeneous or heterogeneous media image


Abstracts (150-250 words) in Polish or English + a short bio should be 
sent by *March 30th, 2019* to *(media.ameryka /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(media.ameryka /at/ gmail.com)>*. The registration should be completed 
via an online form on our website *mediainamerica.umcs.pl 
<http://mediainamerica.umcs.pl>*(Join Now). The conference fee is PLN 
350/EUR 85/USD 95 and includes conference materials, lunches and a gala 
dinner.

For the 2019 edition of /Media in America, America in Media/ conference 
publication we are pleased to announce a special issue of *Res Rhetorica 
2/2020 (resrhetorica.com <http://resrhetorica.com>)*, a peer-reviewed 
open access quarterly academic journalindexed, among others, in Web of 
Science and ERIH Plus.

Due to the interdisciplinary character of the conference, the invitation 
is addressed to representatives of all scientific disciplines dealing 
with the topic of media.

For more information about the conference visit the website at 
*mediainamerica.umcs.pl <http://mediainamerica.umcs.pl>*or contact the 
organizing committee at*(media.ameryka /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(media.ameryka /at/ gmail.com)>*



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