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1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 15 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Sean Runnette. |
| Summary |
In Broadcast Hysteria, A. Brad Schwartz examines the history behind the infamous radio play. Did it really spawn a wave of mass hysteria? Schwartz is the first to examine the hundreds of letters sent directly to Orson Welles after the broadcast. He draws upon them, and hundreds more sent to the FCC, to recapture the roiling emotions of a bygone era, and his findings challenge conventional wisdom. Relatively few listeners believed an actual attack was underway. But even so, Schwartz shows that Welles's broadcast prompted a different kind of 'mass panic' as Americans debated the bewitching power of the radio and the country's vulnerabilities in a time of crisis. Schwartz's original research, gifted storytelling, and thoughtful analysis make Broadcast Hysteria a groundbreaking work of media history. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 -- Influence.
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War of the worlds (Radio program) -- Influence.
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Science fiction radio programs -- Psychological aspects.
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Mass media and public opinion.
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Hoaxes in mass media.
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Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Broadcast journalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Performing arts.
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Runnette, Sean. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781622317561 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1622317564 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11418316 |
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