[Commlist] CFP: Trump,Television and the Media

*FINAL REMINDER*

*Trump, Television and the Media: From Drama to “Fake News” to Tweetstorms**
*One-Day Virtual Conference*
*Friday 30 October 2020*
*London Metropolitan University*
*Conference Organizer: Dr Karen McNally**

A final reminder that this previously postponed conference will now be 
taking place as a virtual conference on *Friday 30 October 2020.*

An initial selection of papers was made from the previous call for 
papers prior to postponement, and this is now an additional opportunity 
to submit proposals for the virtual conference.

Deadline for the submission of proposals is: *Wednesday 29 July 2020.*


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 /(W.W. Norton, 2019)


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, 
the televised impeachment hearings of a president for only the third 
time in U.S. history, a deficient response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and 
marches protesting police brutality and racial injustice that have 
spread globally.

This one-day virtual 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 Black Lives Matter, #MeToo 
and Time’s Up, particularly in the light of recent events. 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 individual papers are invited. Abstracts for papers of 20 
minutes should be a maximum of 300 words. Please include a short author 
biog with your proposal.

The deadline for submission of proposals is: *Wednesday 29 July 2020.*
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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