MEDIA IN AMERICA 2023
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
[Warsaw time GMT+1]
Programme
Book of abstracts
DAY 1 - MARCH 23 Thursday
09:45 WELCOME - Conference opening
10:00-11:45 Session 1: MEDIA IN TIMES OF CRISIS
10:00 Natalia Landek, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland
The image of armed conflicts in American television releases
10:15 Marek Kawa, Korczak Academy of Applied Science in Warsaw, Poland
Fear and anger. First days after 9/11 attack in American local media
10:30 Neerej Dev, Kristu Jayanti College, India
Battle of perception and the Master Narratives of US in the Russia-Ukraine War
10:45 Louisa Gertrude Rogers, Northumbria University, UK
War in Vogue: Militarized Bodies and The War on Terror
11:00 Ilona Biernacka-Ligięza, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland
Digitalization of local media the chance to rebuild local agora
11:15 DISCUSSION
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11:45 Break (15 min)
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12:00-13:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
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Alexa Weik von Mossner, University of Klagenfurt
Growing Hope: Narratives of Food Justice in American Media
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13:00 Break (15 min)
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13:15-15:15 Session 2: AUDIOVISUAL STATES OF MIND
13:15 Justyna Fruzińska, University of Lodz, Poland
The representation of Anglo-American relations under George VI: Downton Abbey and Hyde Park on Hudson
13:30 Dina Farouk Abou Zeid, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Happiness through television among Egyptian viewers
13:45 Ilias Ben Mna, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany
Ghostface needs a hug – Scream 2022 as a requel for crisis and self-care narratives
14:00 Isha Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Post Apocalyptic Americas in The Last of Us and The Walking Dead
14:15 Patrycja Winiarczyk, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland
German Expressionism in David Lynch's films
14:30 Iwona Grodź, WSUS, Poland
The image of America in Polish audiovisual culture (film)
14:45 DISCUSSION
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15:15 Break (15 min)
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15:30-17:30 Session 3: ALL ABOUT WOMEN
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15:30 Maja Piskadło, University of Warsaw, Poland
“I Can’t identify as a woman”: Veep and the intricacies of female politics in the U.S.
15:45 Ergün Baylan, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey
New Wave of Feminist Historical Rewritings in Contemporary American Literature
16:00 Jana Pelclová, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Cannamommies and the redefinition of motherhood in online press
16:15 Anna Marek, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland
A woman's freedom seen through the hijab
16:30 John Ronan, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, USA
Teaching Feminist Theory with Dear White People and Pose
16:45 Michaela Fikejzová, Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic
Stay-at-home girlfriend TikTok trend as a case study in the rhetoric of postfeminism
17:00 DISCUSSION
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17:30 Break (15 min)
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17:45-19:30 Session 4: TO REMEMBER WHO WE ARE
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17:45 Ewa Antoszek, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland
Border Performances: Challenging Popular Representations of the U.S.-Mexico Border
18:00 Kat Fox, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
This American Death: Memorializing mass casualty events in the American media
18:15 Izabella Kimak, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland
Busha, jaja, golumbkie & pieroshkies, or what Americans of Polish descent need Facebook groups for
18:30 Agnieszka Gondor-Wiercioch, Jagiellonian University, Poland
The rhetoric of colonial and decolonial – Avatar meets Reservation Dogs
18:45 Anna Bendrat, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland
#BlackLivesMatter from media to the stage
19:00 DISCUSSION
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19:30 End of Day 1
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Day 2 - March 24 Friday
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09:30-10:45 Session 5: HEAR THE MUSIC
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09:30 Lidia Kniaź-Hunek, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland
TikTok killed the music video star? The (r)evolution of music video in American music industry
09:45 Madhurjya Kashyap, University of Hyderabad, India
Mapping the music: reception and memory
10:00 Maciej SmóÅ‚ka, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Halftime shows as Cultural Discourse of America: Image-building and identity formation in performances from 2019 to 2023
10:15 DISCUSSION
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10:45 Break (15 min)
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11:00-12:45 Parallel sessions 6 & 7
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11:00-12:45 Session 6: MEDIA AND POLITICS
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11:00 Omprakash Kushwaha, Chandigarh University, Punjab, India
Cartoons as Ideology: Comparison of Times of India and New York Times (1969-1971)
11:15 Patrick Vaughan, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland
The rise and fall of the rhetoric of detente
11:30 Rafał Kuś, Jagiellonian University, Poland
U.S. Declaration of Independence in the contemporary presidential rhetoric
11:45 Magdalena Żmijkowska, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
Image of U.S. Ambassadors to Poland in the pages of Polish weekly opinion magazines in 2021-2022
12:00 Swati Bute, Jagran Lakecity University, India
Representation of America in India - In reference of geopolitical issues
12:15 DISCUSSION
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12:45 Break (45 min)
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11:00-12:45 Session 7: NEURO-BOUNDARIES
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11:00 Wiktoria Aleksandra Barańska and Patrycja Malinowska, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland
Celebrating neurodiversity or another old dating chestnut? The image of a person in the autistic spectrum created by the dating show Love on the spectrum
11:15 Klaudia Halina Matera, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Poland
How does media influence the process of translation?
11:30 Elżbieta Pawlak-Hejno, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland
How Crowdfunding breaks boundaries - media examples
11:45 Kamil Margielewicz, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Conceptualization of the human condition in the 21st century, and its effects
12:00 Piotr Tomczuk, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland
Why do people love the Wild West? New media and romanticization of the Borderland History
12:15 DISCUSSION
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12:45 Break (45 min)
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13:30-15:30 Session 8: WHO ON EARTH ARE WE?
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13:30 Radosław Sajna-Kunowsky, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Human and Earth in "National Geographic": a case study
13:45 Jana Hallová, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Identity and representation practices on Twitter via multimodality
14:00 Irena Snikhovska and Yevheniia Kanchura, Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University, Ukraine
White Noise: interpretations and implications for modern media
14:15 Petr Hans, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Fox News' reporting on COVID measures
14:30 Małgorzata Rutkowska, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland
Stop buying, start sewing! Slow Fashion and sustainability in selected American historical fashion Vlogs on YouTube.
14:45 Julie A. Davis and Robert Westerfelhaus, College of Charleston, USA
Part of the team yet always apart: Black Widow through multiple Marvel series
15:00 DISCUSSION
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15:30 FAREWELL - Conference closing
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