Power and Politics in the Media
The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Volume 9

Robert X. Browning (Edited by)

9781612498911

Hardback, published 15 December 2023

300 pages, 29 illustrations
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.272 kg

Power and Politics in the Media: The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Volume 9 features articles from multiple disciplines that use the C-SPAN Video Library to explore recent controversies in American politics. Topics covered include Supreme Court nominations, Supreme Court oral arguments, rhetoric on disasters and COVID-19, and the effect of clothing on the approval of women in power. What unites these topics is the unique use of the video record of C-SPAN to explore the intersections of politics, power, rhetoric, and the media in the contemporary United States. Written in accessible prose, this volume showcases some of the most pressing issues today in a variety of political and communication issues while demonstrating video research methodologies.