Andrew Crisell Understanding Radio
“radio is a blind medium”
J. Mc Dougall
“Hard times are a breeding ground for misinformation”
There are always points historically where populations have been disconnected or economic hardships have been exacerbated.
Fake News/Propaganda
Historical context
Great depression
Hitler,Stalin,Mussolini,Franco
WW1 and WW2
Industry Context
War of the worlds is an episode of a american radio drama called The Mercury Theatre on the air
It was directed and narrated by actor and filmmaker Orson Welles.
It was released as the Halloween episode on 8 pm Sunday October 30 1938
It was an adaptation if H.G. Wells’s novel The war of the worlds
Distributed by CBS Columbia broadcasting service
Debra Sanders “anti war piece”
Hybrid Genre
Caused panic but wow had few listener
Important people
Stanley Cohen folk devil and moral panics