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.

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 public 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 respond to the Area Chair. Dr. Kregg M. Fehr
Humanities Department
Lubbock Christian University
5601 19th Street
Lubbock, Texas 79407
(806) 796-8800 ext. 310
Kregg.Fehr@lcu.edu