Theory Into Practice 13

The War of the Worlds (Radio Play): The War of the Worlds was an episode on an American radio drama anthology series. It was performed as a halloween special on October 30th 1938. It was directed by Orson Welles and was an adaptation of  H.G. Wells’ novel War of the Worlds. It was performed to sound like a series of news bulletins. People believed that the earth was really being invaded by martians, this caused mass panic within the towns and cities of the United States. This is a good example of how powerful the media can be.

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