An Administrative Marvel: Bureaucrats as Heroes, Villians, and Victims in the Age of Trump.

• In Event: Cultural Theory Working Group: Attention as Currency in the Information Age: Constructing, Consuming, and Comparing Policy Narratives.

Brief Overview

This paper will argue that fiction is a vital aspect of any viable policy narrative, as it seeks to construct a recognizable image of a world and extrapolate potential outcomes which are contingent on present action or inaction.

Authors

• Aaron Smith-Walter, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

• Ronald Pannell, University of Massachusetts Lowell