The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research: Volume 4

by Robert X. Browning (Editor)

Overview

C-SPAN is the network of record for US political affairs, broadcasting live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and to other forums where public policy is discussed, debated, and decided––without editing, commentary, or analysis and with a balanced presentation of points of view.

The C-SPAN Archives, located adjacent to Purdue University, is the home of the online C-SPAN Video Library. The Archives has copied all of C-SPAN's television content since 1987. Extensive indexing, captioning, and other enhanced online features provide researchers, policy analysts, students, teachers, and public officials with an unparalleled chronological and internally cross-referenced record for deeper study.

The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research presents the finest interdisciplinary research utilizing tools of the C-SPAN Video Library. Each volume highlights recent scholarship and comprises leading experts and emerging voices in political science, journalism, psychology, computer science, communication, and a variety of other disciplines. Each section within each volume includes responses from expert discussants. Developed in partnership with the Brian Lamb School of Communication and with support from the C-SPAN Education Foundation, C-SPAN Insights is guided by the ideal that all experimental outcomes, including those from our American experiment, can be best improved by directed study driving richer engagement and better understanding.

The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research—Volume 4, edited by Robert X. Browning, advances our understanding of the framing of mental health, HIV/AIDS, policing, and public health, and explores subjects such as audience reactions in C-SPAN covered debates, the Twitter presidency of Donald Trump, and collaborative learning using the C-SPAN Video Library.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557538147
Publisher:	Purdue University Press
Publication date:	05/15/2018
Series:	The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robert X. Browning is a professor of political science and of communication in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University. In 1987, he became the founding director of the CSPAN Archives. Today, the Archives are an online digital collection of over 230,000 hours of indexed content—all programs that have aired on C-SPAN since 1987. He is the author of Politics and Social Welfare Policy in the United States, papers on redistricting, and The C-SPAN Archives: An Interdisciplinary Resource for Discovery, Learning, and Engagement, Exploring the C-SPAN Archives: Advancing the Research Agenda, and Advances in Research Using the C-SPAN Archives. Awarded the George Foster Peabody Award for its online Video Library in 2010, the C-SPAN Archives is housed in the Purdue Research Park and offers a window into American life.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xix

Chapter 1 Constructing Congressional Discourses: C-SPAN Archives and Congressional Speeches on Crises and Scandals Alyssa A. Wildrick Alison N. Novak 1

Chapter 2 Exploring Congressional "Law Enforcement" Talk Cody Blake Wilson Joshua M. Scacco 21

Chapter 3 Communication as an Economic Tool and Constitutive Force: Chairman Greenspan's Talk About Uncertainties in Future U.S. Conditions Lauren Berkshire Hearit Patrice M. Buzzonell 45

Chapter 4 Reflections on the C-SPAN Video Library and the Study of Congress Janet M. Martin 65

Chapter 5 Using C-SPAN to Examine the Political Discourse of HIV/AIDS, 1985-1987 Nancy E. Brown 71

Chapter 6 Treatment or Gun Control? Congressional Discourse on Mental Illness and Violence Elizabeth Wulbrecht 93

Chapter 7 Health and Politics: Portrayal of Health and Its Narratives on C-SPAN Chervin Lam Somrita Ganchoudhuri 123

Chapter 8 Portrayals of Public Policy Discourse Zoe M. Oxley 141

Chapter 9 Donald Trump Meets the Ubiquitous Presidency Delaney Harness Joshua M. Scocco 145

Chapter 10 C-SPAN and Journalism Michael Buozis Shannon Rooney Brian Creech 173

Chapter 11 Nobody Saw This Coming? Support for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Through Audience Reactions During the 2016 Presidential Debates Austin D. Eubanks Patrick A. Stewart Reagan G. Dye 199

Chapter 12 Selecting C-SPAN Video Clips for Creative Collaborative Learning Pavla Hlozkova 219

Chapter 13 C-SPAN in Changing Spaces of Political Communications Terri L. Towner 229

Chapter 14 "Look at the Tape, Mr. Chairman": Reflections on Congress and Television, Keynote Remarks Dr. Ray Smock 237

Conclusion 247

Contributors 251

Index 257

Editorial Reviews

"Robert Browning's annual C-SPAN research series has become a veritable scholarly institution. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the C-SPAN Video Library, and this volume's incredible array of research projects drawn from it demonstrates its importance for our understanding of public life. In the chapters collected here, scholars analyze everything from congressional debates over mental health and law enforcement to speeches from the campaign trail in 2016. In doing so, the scholarship in this volume sheds light on elite rhetoric and the claims that ground policymaking and the search for public legitimacy. As importantly, this volume sets a research agenda for the future in demonstrating the varied methodological approaches and substantive objects of interest that this invaluable archive supports. As this volume makes clear, research using the C-SPAN Archives is particularly important at a time marked by declining trust in political institutions and elected representatives."

From the Publisher

This volume clearly demonstrates the value and versatility of the C-SPAN Video Library. From comparisons of Trump’s speeches and tweets to analyses of congressional debates on law enforcement, the chapters in this volume highlight the array of methodological and theoretical approaches that can leverage the Archives to answer our most pressing research questions. In addition to answering the valuable questions posed, the studies in this volume serve as excellent models for future research by demonstrating numerous innovative research designs that can be built around the Archives’ content. The volume brings together work from several disciplines to provide key insights into what we can learn from careful analyses of elite rhetoric, narrative, and debate.”

Johanna Dunaway

Robert
Browning’s annual C-SPAN research series has become a veritable scholarly institution. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the C-SPAN Video Library, and this volume’s incredible array of research projects drawn from it demonstrates its importance for our understanding of public life. In the chapters collected here, scholars analyze everything from congressional debates over mental health and law enforcement to speeches from the campaign trail in 2016. In doing so, the scholarship in this volume sheds light on elite rhetoric and the claims that ground policymaking and the search for public legitimacy. As importantly, this volume sets a research agenda for the future in demonstrating the varied methodological approaches and substantive objects of interest that this invaluable archive supports. As this volume makes clear,
research using the C-SPAN Archives is particularly important at a time marked by declining trust in political institutions and elected representatives.”

Daniel Kreiss