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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

11:45 Break (15 min)

12:00-13:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Alexa Weik von Mossner, University of Klagenfurt

Growing Hope: Narratives of Food Justice in American Media

13:00 Break (15 min)

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

15:15 Break (15 min)

15:30-17:30 Session 3: ALL ABOUT WOMEN

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

17:30 Break (15 min)

17:45-19:30 Session 4: TO REMEMBER WHO WE ARE

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

19:30 End of Day 1

Day 2 - March 24 Friday

09:30-10:45 Session 5: HEAR THE MUSIC

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 Smółka, Jagiellonian University, Poland

Halftime shows as Cultural Discourse of America: Image-building and identity formation in performances from 2019 to 2023

10:15 DISCUSSION

10:45 Break (15 min)

11:00-12:45 Parallel sessions 6 & 7

11:00-12:45 Session 6: MEDIA AND POLITICS

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

12:45 Break (45 min)

11:00-12:45 Session 7: NEURO-BOUNDARIES

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

12:45 Break (45 min)

13:30-15:30 Session 8: WHO ON EARTH ARE WE?

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

15:30 FAREWELL - Conference closing

CALL FOR PAPERS

INTERNATIONAL ONLINE CONFERENCE

Media in America, America in Media

23-24 March 2023

Mind, Body and Earth

We invite the submission of abstracts for the Media in America, America in Media international conference to be held online on 23-24 March 2023. This is the fourth edition of a joint effort of American Studies and Political Science scholars from Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland, 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.

In November 2022 the word permacrisis has been chosen as Collins Dictionary’s word of the year. The shortened version of “permanent crisis” describes the feeling of living through a period of war, inflation and political instability. The challenges of rapid climate change and other threats of sustainable development are also among the destabilizing factors which affect our sense of security. All types of crises contribute to the development of a consistent sense of feeling pressured and overwhelmed. Acute stress seems to be a chronic condition of the 21st century. “We are wired to respond to stress and remove it, sometimes even automatically,” says Rajita Sinha, director of Yale Medicine’s Interdisciplinary Stress Center. Yet, she also observes that “life has become more complex, and many situations do not have easy answers.” Therefore, we would like to invite you to share your perspective on how contemporary media conceptualize the human condition in 21st century and how media rethink traditional attitudes to cognitive, mental, physical and emotional responses to rapidly changing human environments.

We are honoured to present our Keynote Speaker, Alexa Weik von Mossner (University of Klagenfurt), a pioneer in the area of affect studies in environmental culture.

The conference is being held under the patronage of the Polish Rhetoric Society.

Apart from exploring the theme of Mind, Body and Earth, 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:

1. Media representing complex relationships: mind / body / Earth

(In)equity: media on interdependence, sustainability, poverty vs. climate emergency
Balance: ecology of nature vs. ecology of self

Care: Earth care and self care practices in media
Affect: emotionalizing strategies in media

2. Media representing global challenges – past and present

(Perma)crisis: media – crisis managers or crisis instigators?

War/Economy: media on instability and human insecurity
Politics: exploring issues vs. imposing positions
Echo chambers: media for critical thinking or forum for manipulation

3. Media as a tool in identity formation

Representations: majority and the minorities – ideological, feminist, religious, racial, ethnic, LGBTQ+ and other
New phenomena, new audiences: America in TV series, podcasts, games, hashtags, infographics, tweets, pins...
Adaptations: history, literature and art in a new form
Exposure: social media, ingroup affect and virtual ties

Abstracts (150-250 words) in English + a short bio should be sent by February 15th, 2023 through an online form (here).

There is no registration fee. The details can be found on the conference website https://mediaameryka.wixsite.com/umcs

For the 2023 edition of Media in America, America in Media conference publication we are pleased to announce the cooperation with two peer-reviewed open access academic journals: Res Rhetorica and New Horizons in English Studies. Full article submission deadline is May 31, 2023. The post-conference volumes are scheduled for publication in 2023 (NHES) and 2024 (RR).

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

We look forward to seeing you at our online event,

The Organizing Committee

Anna Bendrat, Ph.D.

Elżbieta Pawlak-Hejno, Ph.D.

Lidia Kniaź-Hunek, Ph.D.

Patrycja Winiarczyk, MA

MEDIA IN AMERICA 2023 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME [Warsaw time GMT+1]