War of the Worlds - Radio Broadcast
- Created by: Ellen.B
- Created on: 11-01-20 13:17
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- War of The Worlds (1938)
- Broadcast on CBS
- 1 of the 2 networks
- CBS was less popular
- 1 of the 2 networks
- The broadcast was possibly a publicity stunt
- Less than 2% of surveyed listened to WOTW
- Goes against newspaper claims
- First of its kind
- Used new techniques to interest the audience
- Less than 2% of surveyed listened to WOTW
- On during PRIME TIME (Evening)
- Have as many people listening as possible
- During the golden age of radio
- Provided news and entertainment
- Families/ friends listen as a group
- Provided news and entertainment
- Broadcast was of the play
- Included a fake news flash
- Newspapers created a MORAL PANIC of this
- MP = Stanley Cohen 1974
- Rumoured that 1M people affected
- Newspapers saw radio as a THREAT
- Media focuses on the bad creating MEAN WORLD SYNDROME
- Cultivation Theory - Gerbner
- Used actuality for enhanced verisimilitude
- Actuality- Non-diegetic sound made to seem diegetic
- Sirens, Screams
- Voiceover- Reporter SHOULD remain calm but doesn't
- Actuality- Non-diegetic sound made to seem diegetic
- Less educated would have been greater impacted
- Reception Theory - Paul Gilroy
- Newspapers created a MORAL PANIC of this
- Included a fake news flash
- Different types of readings
- Preferred: Entertain
- Negotiated: Start conversation
- Could it happen now?
- Not in the same way (Aliens)
- The new social context would require a new subject
- Use of technology (internet) would make it more difficult
- Not in the same way (Aliens)
- Broadcast on October 30th
- Broadcast on CBS
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