1.In Orson wells production of the book the war of the worlds he performed over radio broad cast October 30th 1938, he convinced thousands of viewers the events portrayed were true. This I believe played on a lot of cultural traditions and assumptions at that time. For start it was broad casted the night before Halloween so all hallows eve. So you already have many viewers in the mind set of “creepy or scary” things to happen. Second you can see that the broadcast was altered to allow it to be more realistic like an actual radio news broadcast. On top of altering the broad cats to include pieces of news, you had fake news bulletins like “huge flaming object”. During the broadcast he also managed to portray very vivid description and detailed
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During 1938, the media was expected to only portray truths and actual events. Although they never broke any laws, it showed the world that not everything that you hear or see from the media is true. The radio and basic transmitter systems were supposed to protect and defend the health of the United States citizens (Pooley and Socolow, 2013). Even though the radio station announced three times throughout the show, that they were doing a theatrical rendition of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, it was still made into a huge ordeal. One of the reasons why this happened is because the newspaper printed the story. They wanted to make sure that everyone knew of this “horrible” thing that the radio did. Because they printed the story, the people were scared and shocked that an alien invasion like that could actually happen, and that it could happen in a blink of an …show more content…
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Credible References in APA format
1.Blitz, M. (2014, April 17). The "War of the Worlds" Mass Panic That Never Really Happened. Retrieved November 12, 2015, from http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/04/war-worlds-panic-never-really-happened/
2. Jefferson Pooley and Michael J. Socolow. (2013, October 28). Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Did Not Touch Off a Nationwide Hysteria. Few Americans Listened. Even Fewer Panicked. Retrieved November 9, 2015, from http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/history/2013/10/orson_welles_war_of_the_worlds_pan
During 1938, the media was expected to only portray truths and actual events. Although they never broke any laws, it showed the world that not everything that you hear or see from the media is true. The radio and basic transmitter systems were supposed to protect and defend the health of the United States citizens (Pooley and Socolow, 2013). Even though the radio station announced three times throughout the show, that they were doing a theatrical rendition of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, it was still made into a huge ordeal. One of the reasons why this happened is because the newspaper printed the story. They wanted to make sure that everyone knew of this “horrible” thing that the radio did. Because they printed the story, the people were scared and shocked that an alien invasion like that could actually happen, and that it could happen in a blink of an …show more content…
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Credible References in APA format
1.Blitz, M. (2014, April 17). The "War of the Worlds" Mass Panic That Never Really Happened. Retrieved November 12, 2015, from http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/04/war-worlds-panic-never-really-happened/
2. Jefferson Pooley and Michael J. Socolow. (2013, October 28). Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Did Not Touch Off a Nationwide Hysteria. Few Americans Listened. Even Fewer Panicked. Retrieved November 9, 2015, from http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/history/2013/10/orson_welles_war_of_the_worlds_pan