CFP: TELEVISION, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE (March 7-10, 2001 in Albuquerque.) The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association are holding a series of panels at the next meeting of these regional groups, March 7-10, 2001 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The conference will be centered at the Sheraton Oldtown Hotel--a beautiful, newly-renovated facility, that is within walking distance of Albuquerque's historic "Old Town" district. This is the SW/TX PCA/ACA's third year to meet in Albuquerque. For us, it is a perfect venue that offers the sights, sounds, tastes, and museums of the Southwest. Conference information is available on the organization's web site and will be continuously updated: http://www2.okstate.edu/swpca [note the three w's] Papers are requested on television and its impact on American society and culture. The field described is a broad one, but a couple of approaches are suggested--views of television from the outside and the inside. The first covers such issues as television and pulbic expectations, hopes, and perceptions of, and responses to, programing. the second offers an opportunity for analysis of media agendas, an opportunity to evaluate the forces that have pushed television in one direction or another throughout its history. Likely topics: The Television as "the Tube of Plenty" The Television as Wasteland Who's Watching, Big Brother or a Voyeuristic Society? Television and Gender/Racial Stereotypes Television and Gender/Racial Bending Televangelism Cops and Robbers Cowboys and Indians Talk Shows Wrestlemania Papers treating any aspect of the topic are welcome. Please submit 150-word abstract by 1 November, 2000. Please respond to the Area Chair. Dr. Kregg M. Fehr Humanities Department Lubbock Christian University 5601 19th Street Lubbock, TX 79407 (806) 796-8800 ext. 310 [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]