TODAYS NEWS - TOMORROWS CONTEXT - A DYNAMIC-MODEL OF NEWS PROCESSING

Authors
KEPPLINGER HM DASCHMANN G
Citation
Hm. Kepplinger et G. Daschmann, TODAYS NEWS - TOMORROWS CONTEXT - A DYNAMIC-MODEL OF NEWS PROCESSING, Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 41(4), 1997, pp. 548-565
Citations number
72
Categorie Soggetti
Communication
Journal title
Journal of broadcasting & electronic media → ACNP
ISSN journal
08838151
Volume
41
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
548 - 565
Database
ISI
SICI code
0883-8151(1997)41:4<548:TN-TC->2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We are proposing a feedback model of news processing, assuming that ne ws reception is guided by media input as well as by existing cognitive structures. However, these structures are in turn shaped by former me dia coverage. In our study we examine viewers' processing of TV news, comparing objective news content (content analysis) to subjective mean ing of news stories (viewer interviews). Results show that viewers int erpret information about new events in the context of past events, the mselves mainly a reflection of former media coverage.