The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research

The C-SPAN Archives houses the online C-SPAN Video Library, which has recorded all of C-SPAN’s television content since 1987. Extensive indexing, captioning, and other enhanced online features provide an unparalleled chronological and internally cross-referenced record for deeper study. The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research series presents the finest interdisciplinary research utilizing tools of the C-SPAN Video Library. Developed in partnership with the Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement (CCSE) in the Brian Lamb School of Communication and with support from the C-SPAN Education Foundation, this series 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.

Call for Papers and Posters Submissions Due: January 31, 2025

“Political Communication, Congress, and the Presidency.” Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement Purdue University 2025 Research Conference

The Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement (CCSE) at Purdue University announces the call for papers and posters for the national CCSE Research Conference from October 20-22, 2025. The theme is Political Communication, Congress, and the Presidency. During this conference scholars from a variety of disciplines present papers that incorporate a wide range of content from the C-SPAN Archives. There are many ways that political leaders and institutions are using communication techniques, so we invite papers and posters that emphasize the theme of Political Communication, Congress, and the Presidency. All projects chosen for presentation must utilize the C-SPAN Video Library in the analyses of the project.

PRESENTATION, FUNDS, and PUBLICATION Accepted papers and posters will be presented at the CCSE Research Conference. Each accepted paper will receive a stipend of $1,500* and each accepted poster will receive a stipend of $500*. Edited papers and poster abstracts from this conference will be reviewed by our editorial board and final, edited copies will be published in The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research.

RESOURCES Participants are encouraged to use the C-SPAN Archives’ Application Programming Interface (API) to extract text and data from the Archives. Participants also are encouraged to consult previous volumes and papers for ideas and citations which are available for free from Purdue University Press: docs.lib.purdue.edu/ccse. Participants can use the “How To Guide for C-SPAN Archives.”

WHO SHOULD SUBMIT Faculty, independent researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students are encouraged to submit proposals.

Series Editor: Robert X. Browning, Faculty Director, Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement, Purdue University and executive director of the C-SPAN Archives.