Videos

The White House Historical Association and the Library of Congress hosted a discussion on how television portrays the White House. This was part of a day-long symposium on the White House in…

Historian Kathryn Brownell talked about the rise of cable television and the mingling of Hollywood celebrity with politics, and how they’ve impacted presidential campaigns and the presidency…

Historians put the presidential debates in perspective in this online forum hosted by the American Historical Association. Participants include Yale University’s Joanne Freeman, Purdue Unive…

Purdue University Professor Kathryn Brownell taught a class about political advertising in the 1950s, highlighting Dwight Eisenhower’s presidential campaigns. She compared radio and early te…

Historians discussed the effect of media and technology on 20th century politics. Topics included the government’s impact on Silicon Valley, artificial intelligence and cable television. Th…

This was a discussion about congressional oversight of presidential misconduct. University of Texas at Austin Professor Jeremi Suri and Purdue University Professor Kathryn Brownell talked ab…

Panelists discussed the impact of television on race and politics in the 1990s. Topics included the 1992 presidential election, Bill Clinton and his relations with the African American commu…

Purdue University professor Kathryn Brownell explained how Richard Nixon’s media strategy changed from his 1960 presidential campaign loss, through his election in 1968 and during his presid…