Broadcast hysteria Orson Welles's War of the worlds and the art of fake news
"On the evening of October 30, 1938, radio listeners across the United States heard a startling report of a meteor strike in the New Jersey countryside. With sirens blaring in the background, announcers in the field described mysterious creatures, terrifying war machines, and thick clouds of poison...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- "Journalism and showmanship"
- Winged Mercury
- Martians of the mind's eye
- "Yours in terror"
- "Public frightener no. 1"
- "Air racketeers"
- "The public interest"
- "The story of the century"
- "A matter of psychology"
- "The horror man"
- Conclusion.
