Processing the News: How People Tame the Information Tide von Doris A. Graber (1984)

Processing the News: How People Tame the Information Tide by Doris A. Graber (1984)

Part of the volume Schlüsselwerke der Medienwirkungsforschung [Key works of media effects research] that presents the 25 most-cited works of media effects research in German communication research, this chapter details Doris Graber’s seminal study on information selection and processing, Processing the News. Starting with a short biography of the author, the chapter then summarises Graber’s comprehensive study, integrates it into the author’s body of work and traces the work’s impact on media and communication research.


Brosius, H.-B., & Unkel, J. (2016). Processing the News: How People Tame the Information Tide von Doris A. Graber (1984). In M. Potthoff (Ed.), Schlüsselwerke der Medienwirkungsforschung [Key works of media effects research] (pp. 219–230). Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer VS. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-09923-7_19