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War of The Worlds created by Orson Wells was a radio drama that caused panic on halloween eve because of its realistic sounds.The radio drama was broadcasted on halloween eve and caused panic. The radio show war of the worlds created panic on halloween eve to listeners who did not hear the first public announcement and by the time the second public service announcement came by the listeners were already fleeing the country. The professional sound actors made it easy to belive , they acted as…

While we see media every day in our own lives, media has been there since the first colonies of America but a lot has changed since then. Media can generally be defined as a means of communication that reaches or influences a large or wide audience. Although media is something that we experience every day and most likely something we do ourselves, it has been around for a much longer time than people think. One of the first forms of media in America was the Publik Occurrence newspaper in 1690.…

Whether it’s to know your weekly weather, to stay up to date on citywide information, or to be the source of any and all information when disaster strikes, the news is where people go. The Columbia Broadcasting System, or CBS, began in 1927 and continues today as an active news television network. For years CBS has been keeping their viewers up to date on all of the information they need to know to help them get through the day. The end of every day became special because the CBS Evening News…

Just like how Lessig argues the internet’s cyberspace is regulated by its code. This same argument can be also be said about a certain pre-1980’s system of communication, the radio. The internet and the radio share many similarities to each other. One is that they were both created to benefit the military, both were used by nearly most of the American population, and lastly, both gave the U.S. government a new way to create a new set of “code” to control and regulate American society. During…

We experience a daily reality such that campaign efforts can influence a whole country to leave dead speechless and think. From the yearly expected John Lewis Christmas advert to the body-popping developers who are "so cash grocery store", television adverts resound with every one of us. From multiple points of view, the nature of the advert itself goes far in deciding the achievement the organization has with that item or administration. Be that as it may, one thing appears to be inescapable…

other wars like the Korean war or the Vietnam war many citizens were tuning in on the latest update on the wars that occurred. Also, the radio broadcasted began broadcasting presidential elections. In 1920, KDKA broadcast the results of the Jarding-Cox Presidential election. By 1922 local stations across the United States were broadcasting sermons, political speeches, and much other information that people wanted to share ("The Golden Age"). Also, the radio can be informative with general things…

If you have ever taken a road trip or been stuck at the office during a long day chances are there is music playing. Music and news reporting can keep the mind awake and alert. What most people hate are commercials and ads, they just want to listen to music and other variety of talk shows through radio, computer, and even smartphones and tablets. Sirius Satellite Radio has the services to provide consumers with what they want and so much more. Sirius Satellite Radio is one of the largest radio…

Commercials are created as a means of advertising products through a thirty second video that is intended to evoke a certain emotion in the viewer. This emotion is used as a persuasion mechanism that persuades individuals to buy the product being advertised. Commercials and advertisements are often created to cater to a specific audience whether it be individuals of a certain race, weight, sex, or age, advertisers carefully choose specific colors, words, tones, and music to evoke an emotion and…

Everyday people see hundreds of advertisements from the moment they wake up, go into town and come home. Advertisements are in our magazines, on our televisions, and in the streets and the purpose that they bring is to persuade us to purchase a product and to believe a certain idea. What the advertiser wants to tell to us depends on whom the targeted audience is and the product or lifestyle choice they want to persuade us about. Another purpose of advertising, is for the messages in these ads to…

“Extra! Extra! Read all about it”. Read? Nobody reads the newspaper anymore. Today, the world gets their news from television news programs and social media. News channels are also delivering news information very differently now. For many critics, television news is as much about entertainment as it is about communicating information. According to Robert Stam’s article “Television News and Its Spectator,” and Jeffrey Jones’s article “Fox and Friends: Political Talk”, television news offers many…