[Commlist] cfp: Trump, Television and the Media

*Trump, Television and the Media: From Drama to “Fake News” to Tweetstorms
One-Day Conference
London Metropolitan University*


UPDATE: This event originally scheduled for Friday 12 June 2020 has now 
been formally postponed due to the current health crisis and will be 
rescheduled at a later date. There will be an additional opportunity to 
submit paper and panel proposals once a date can be confirmed. The 
original cfp is included here for information.

All good wishes to everyone at this difficult time. We hope to see many 
of you at this and other events later in the year.

Keynote: James Poniewozik, Chief TV Critic for the New York Times and 
author of /Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing 
of America/

The election of Donald Trump in November 2016 initiated a presidency 
that has become the most media-driven and media-critiqued in American 
history. Trump’s constructed identity as a media celebrity has been a 
central element of his political style, as he exploits a variety of 
media for political messaging. At the same time, television and the 
media more broadly has quickly become attuned to the extraordinary 
climate and fast-paced news environment of a presidency that constantly 
challenges administrative and political norms. As television addresses 
the contemporary era in genres from drama to satire, the boundaries 
between fact and fiction, realism and excess seem increasingly difficult 
to locate. All of this has occurred within a national experience that 
includes the unleashing of massive divisions within American culture, 
and the televised impeachment hearings of a president for only the third 
time in U.S. history.

This one-day conference seeks to explore both the influence of the media 
on the Trump presidency, and the impact of the Trump era on a variety of 
media forms. The aim is to bring together scholars from a variety of 
fields for interdisciplinary discussion of this extraordinary era in 
American politics and culture. Contributors may choose to address the 
conference theme by, for example, considering American TV’s fictional 
depictions of the era, exploring the relationship between Trump and the 
news media, or examining the political impact of this media presidency, 
amongst other topics. It is envisaged that the breadth of papers will go 
beyond the specific realm of the presidency to encompass the political 
and cultural backdrop of racial and gender divisions and of protest 
movements such as #MeToo, Time’s Up and Black Lives Matter. The ultimate 
aim of the conference is to reflect upon on how the confluence of Trump 
and the media has affected America’s cultural landscape and the nation’s 
politics.

Proposals for both individual papers and panels are invited.  Abstracts 
for individual papers of 20 minutes should be a maximum of 300 words. 
Panel proposals should include three individual paper proposals and a 
100 word overview of the panel topic. All proposals should be 
accompanied by a short author biog.

The extended deadline for submission of proposals is: *Wednesday 1 April 
2020*.

Responses to proposals will be emailed within two weeks of the deadline.

Please send proposals and any questions to the Conference Organiser, Dr 
Karen McNally, at the following email address: 
(TrumpTelevisionMediaConference /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(TrumpTelevisionMediaConference /at/ gmail.com)>.

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