Doris Appel Graber (11 November 1923 – 17 February 2018) was an American political scientist. Doris Appel was born in

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, on 11 November 1923, to Ernst and Marta Appel. She had a sister, Ruth. Doris Appel earned bachelor's (1941) and master's (1942) degrees in political science from the

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, and completed a doctorate at

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in 1949. She studied international law and relations and her dissertation was titled, ''The Development of the Law of Belligerent Occupation: 1863-1914, A Historical Survey''. She taught at

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, the

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and

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, prior to accepting a position as lecturer at

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in 1963. Graber was founding editor of the journal ''

Political Communication Political communication is the study of political messaging that is communicated, usually to the public e.g. political campaigns, speeches and political advertising, often concerning the mass media. It is an interdisciplinary field that draws f ...

''. She won the academic

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in 2003, for ''Learning From Television in the Internet Age'', published in 2001. She retired from teaching at UIC in 2012. The Political Communication Section of the

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has awarded the Doris Graber (Book) Award since 2000, in her honor. Doris Appel was married to

Thomas M. Graber T. M. "Tom" Graber (May 27, 1917 – June 26, 2007) was an American orthodontist known for his contributions to the field of orthodontics. Graber wrote 28 books on orthodontics and dental anatomy. He also wrote chapters in more than 20 books and ov ...

from 1941 until his death in 2007. The couple had five children, including Lee Graber, an orthodontist. Doris Appel Graber died in

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, on 17 February 2018.

Selected works

* ''Verbal Behavior and Politics'' (1976) * ''Mass Media and American Politics'' (1980) * ''Crime News and the Public'' (1980) * ''President and the Public'' (1982) * ''Processing the News: How People Tame the Information Tide'' (1984) * ''Processing Politics'' (2001) * ''The Power of Communication: Managing Information in Public Organizations'' (2002) * ''On Media: Making Sense of Politics'' (2012)

References

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