The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research Volume 1 Article 1 10-15-2014 The C-SPAN Archives: An Interdisciplinary Resource for Discovery, Learning, and Engagement Robert X. Browning Purdue University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ccse Part of the American Politics Commons Recommended Citation Browning, Robert X. (2014) "The C-SPAN Archives: An Interdisciplinary Resource for Discovery, Learning, and Engagement," The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research: Vol. 1 , Article 1. Available at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ccse/vol1/iss1/1 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact [email protected] for additional information. 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BROWNING PURDUE UNIVERSITY PRESS, WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA Published by Purdue e-Pubs, 2014 3 The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Vol. 1 [2014], Art. 1 Copyright 2014 by Robert X. Browning. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The C-SPAN archives : an interdisciplinary resource for discovery, learning, and engagement / edited by Robert X. Browning. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-55753-695-2 (paperback) — ISBN 978-1-61249-353-4 (epdf) — ISBN 978-1-61249-354-1 (epub) 1. C-SPAN (Television network)—Archives. 2. Public affairs television programs—United States—Archives. 3. United States—Politics and government—1977-1981. 4. United States—Politics and government—1981-1989. 5. United States—Politics and government—1989-1993. 6. United States— Politics and government—2001-2009. 7. United States—Politics and government—2009- I. Browning, Robert X, 1950- editor. PN1992.92.C2C74 2014 384.55’5—dc23 2014021342 https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ccse/vol1/iss1/1 4 Browning: The C-SPAN Archives: An Interdisciplinary Resource for Discovery, To David A. Caputo. Colleague. Mentor. Friend. Published by Purdue e-Pubs, 2014 5 The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Vol. 1 [2014], Art. 1 https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ccse/vol1/iss1/1 6 Browning: The C-SPAN Archives: An Interdisciplinary Resource for Discovery, CONTENTS FOREWORD xi PREFACE xiii PART I Overview of C-SPAN and the C-SPAN Archives CHAPTER 1 Introduction to C-SPAN, Its Mission, and Its Academic Commitment 3 Susan Swain CHAPTER 2 Introduction to the C-SPAN Video Library 7 Robert X. Browning CHAPTER 3 C-SPAN’s Origins and Place in History: Personal Commentary 15 Brian Lamb PART II Research Case Studies Using Rhetorical and Historical Lenses CHAPTER 4 Preserving Black Political Agency in the Age of Obama: Utilizing the C-SPAN Video Archives in Rhetorical Scholarship 29 Theon E. Hill CHAPTER 5 Going Beyond the Headlines: The C-SPAN Archives, Grassroots ’84, and New Directions in American Political History 45 Kathryn Cramer Brownell Published by Purdue e-Pubs, 2014 7 The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Vol. 1 [2014], Art. 1 CHAPTER 6 Deference in the District: An Analysis of Congressional Town Hall Meetings From the C-SPAN Video Library 59 Colene J. Lind PART III Research Case Studies Using Social Scientific Lenses CHAPTER 7 Using the C-SPAN Archives to Enhance the Production and Dissemination of News 81 Stephanie E. Bor CHAPTER 8 Measuring Emotion in Public Figures Using the C-SPAN Archives 93 Christopher Kowal CHAPTER 9 A Social Practice Capital to Enhance the C-SPAN Archives to Support Public Affairs Programming 109 Sorin Adam Matei PART IV Teaching Case Studies CHAPTER 10 Using the C-SPAN Archives to Teach Mass Communication Theory 123 Glenn G. Sparks CHAPTER 11 Teaching American Government Concepts Using C-SPAN 133 Robert X. Browning CHAPTER 12 Interactive Learning In and Out of the Classroom 141 Robert X. Browning CHAPTER 13 Designing and Teaching Multidisciplinary Project-Based Teams Using the C-SPAN Archives 145 William Oakes, Carla Zoltowksi, Patrice M. Buzzanell https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ccse/vol1/iss1/1 8 Browning: The C-SPAN Archives: An Interdisciplinary Resource for Discovery, PART V Future Possibilities CHAPTER 14 Partisanship Without Alternatives: Keynote Reflections on C-SPAN and My Mother 155 Roderick P. Hart CHAPTER 15 Reflections on the Potential and Challenges of the C-SPAN Archives for Discovery, Learning, and Engagement 169 Patrice M. Buzzanell REFERENCES 179 CONTRIBUTORS 195 INDEX 201 Published by Purdue e-Pubs, 2014 9 The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Vol. 1 [2014], Art. 1 https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ccse/vol1/iss1/1 10 Browning: The C-SPAN Archives: An Interdisciplinary Resource for Discovery, FOREWORD am pleased to have been given the opportunity to write the Foreword for this important volume exploring the rich resources of the C-SPAN Archives. I As a former president of the National Communication Association (NCA), I am particularly pleased that the NCA provided the venue for the conference that was the impetus for this book. I believe both the conference and the book offer a compelling window into the valuable archive held by C-SPAN. And, as you read this volume, I think you will see how rich the C-SPAN Archives is, and how much promise it holds for future research and pedagogy. This book clarifies how what’s been communicated via C-SPAN shapes further communication among people. It is extremely useful to read a vol- ume that spans research endeavors and pedagogy as well as political issues, and, in addition, projects into people’s everyday lives. While any event, such xi Published by Purdue e-Pubs, 2014 11 The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Vol. 1 [2014], Art. 1 as a presidential speech, for instance, has implications for all these arenas, this book is one of the few in my experience that focus on all these dimensions, explicitly showing how research, teaching, and practical application naturally intertwine. Further, the well-defined multidisciplinary focus of this book is an invaluable contribution. Universities currently focus on the importance of bringing a variety of disciplines together to think through seemingly in- tractable problems. This volume illustrates how different disciplines can -il luminate the texts provided by the C-SPAN Archives. Engaged scholarship and partnerships between community and university personnel are often- invoked buzzwords in education today. But this volume makes these phrases come alive and embodies them with purpose, showing how the communi- cation of political ideas permeates our experience and offers possibilities for edification and change. This book features chapter topics as widely disparate as a rhetorical anal- ysis of black political agency in the age of Barack Obama’s presidency, and an essay illustrating ways to use the C-SPAN Archives to teach mass communica- tion theory. Through this diversity, the book illustrates the richness and depth of the C-SPAN Archives for scholars, teachers, and citizens. To have access to the raw data of nearly 30 years of the political history of the United States al- lows for research and teaching uses limited only by our imaginations. The va- riety of scholarship demonstrated within this volume is exciting and thought provoking. It provides a window into the C-SPAN Archives and a window into our political and mediated lives. It allows us to focus on the big picture and to drill down to specifics. It provides us with a beginning, and a promise that there is much more to follow. I, for one, am thrilled with this book, and the prospect of more to follow. I invite you to enjoy the range and depth of what is contained in this volume. It will be an exciting read, inspiring you to think about politics, communication, and life in our contemporary world in many different ways. I cannot think of a better use of our time and energy. Lynn H. Turner, Past-President, National Communication Association https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ccse/vol1/iss1/1 12 Browning: The C-SPAN Archives: An Interdisciplinary Resource for Discovery, PREFACE he impetus for this edited collection actually began many years ago. As Ta Purdue University alum, Brian Lamb encouraged the university to set up an archive for the C-SPAN programming at his alma mater; Robert Browning set up the technological systems to digitize these materials into the C-SPAN Video Library (also known as the C-SPAN Archives) to provide free access worldwide; and Howard Sypher and Irwin (Bud) Weiser, as head of the Department of Communication and dean of the College of Liberal Arts, respectively, envisioned and started to talk about naming a school in honor of Brian Lamb. To celebrate these events, several faculty—Patrice Buzzanell, Glenn Sparks, Robert Browning, and Steve Wilson, then interim head of the Department of Communication—met to talk about ways to highlight the pos- sibilities that came with the naming of a Lamb school at Purdue. xiii Published by Purdue e-Pubs, 2014 13 The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Vol. 1 [2014], Art.