steve: kevin kruse, professor at princeton university, thank you very much. prof. kruse: thank you for having me. americane watching history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. artifacts,american we travel to independence, missouri to tour the area's truman library and museum. truman became president in 1945 after the death of franklin roosevelt and served until 1953. ♪ >> in independence, missouri, the harry s. truman library becomes a realities, fulfilling a long-cherished dream of the ex-president, a noted amateur historian. a crowd of 10,000 witnesses the dedication. mr. truman and chief justice warren both take part in the ritual.

universityn professor kevin kruse talks about the role of historians on social media and what he feels is their duty to provide context to current issues. he also discusses how media consumption has changed since the 1970's. this 13-minute interview was recorded in chicago at the annual american historical association meeting.

steve: kevin kruse, professor at princeton university, thank you very much. prof. kruse: thank you for having me. americane watching history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. artifacts,american we travel to independence, missouri to tour the area's truman library and museum. truman became president in 1945 after the death of franklin roosevelt and served until 1953. ♪ >> in independence, missouri, the harry s. truman library becomes a realities, fulfilling a long-cherished dream of the ex-president, a noted amateur historian. a crowd of 10,000 witnesses the dedication. mr. truman and chief justice warren both take part in the ritual. >> this library is not the library. it is an archivist's building with the idea of keeping the records of the government in an orderly manner. it will take a little while to get that done. but when you do get it done, this place will be the center of the study of the presidency of the united states. clay: the truman library was actually the second presidential library established and run by the national archives and records