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050 00 PN1991.77.W3|bS48 2015 
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090    PN1991.77.W3|bS48 2015 
100 1  Schwartz, A. Brad|q(Austin Bradley),|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/names/no2013111594|eauthor. 
245 10 Broadcast hysteria :|bOrson Welles's War of the Worlds and
       the art of fake news /|cA. Brad Schwartz. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bHill and Wang, A division of Farrar, Straus 
       and Giroux,|c2015. 
264  4 |c©2015 
300    337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :|billustrations ;
       |c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-317) and 
       index. 
505 0  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. 
520    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 gas moving toward New York City. As the 
       invading force approached Manhattan, some listeners sat 
       transfixed, while others ran to alert neighbors or to call
       the police. Some even fled their homes. But the hair-
       raising broadcast was not a real news bulletin-it was 
       Orson Welles's adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic The 
       War of the Worlds. In Broadcast Hysteria, A. Brad Schwartz
       boldly retells the story of Welles's famed radio play and 
       its impact. Did it really spawn a "wave of mass hysteria,"
       as The New York Times reported? Schwartz is the first to 
       examine the hundreds of letters sent to Orson Welles 
       himself in the days after the broadcast, and his findings 
       challenge the conventional wisdom. Few listeners believed 
       an actual attack was under way. But even so, Schwartz 
       shows that Welles's broadcast became a major scandal, 
       prompting a different kind of mass panic as Americans 
       debated the bewitching power of the radio and the 
       country's vulnerability in a time of crisis. When the 
       debate was over, American broadcasting had changed for 
       good, but not for the better. As Schwartz tells this story,
       we observe how an atmosphere of natural disaster and 
       impending war permitted broadcasters to create shared live
       national experiences for the first time. We follow Orson 
       Welles's rise to fame and watch his manic energy and 
       artistic genius at work in the play's hurried yet 
       innovative production. And we trace the present-day 
       popularity of "fake news" back to its source in Welles's 
       show and its many imitators. Schwartz's original research,
       gifted storytelling, and thoughtful analysis make 
       Broadcast Hysteria a groundbreaking new look at a crucial 
       but little-understood episode in American history. 
600 10 Welles, Orson,|d1915-1985|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       names/n79018425|xCriticism and interpretation.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005576 
600 10 Welles, Orson,|d1915-1985|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       names/n79018425|xInfluence.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh2002005444 
600 17 Welles, Orson,|d1915-1985.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
       fast/31295 
630 00 War of the worlds (Radio program)|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/names/n82135413|xInfluence.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002005444 
630  7 War of the worlds (Radio program)|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/1366494 
648  7 20th century|2fast 
650  0 Science fiction radio programs|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh93007718|xPsychological aspects.
       |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011485 
650  0 Mass media and public opinion.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh94005026 
650  0 Hoaxes in mass media.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh2011004634 
650  0 Radio broadcasting|zUnited States|xHistory|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008110393|y20th 
       century.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
       sh2002012476 
650  0 Broadcast journalism|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85017001|zUnited States|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/names/n78095330-781|xHistory|y20th century.
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650  7 Criticism and interpretation.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/1198648 
650  7 Science fiction radio programs.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/1108631 
650  7 Psychological aspects.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast
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650  7 Mass media and public opinion.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/1011360 
650  7 Hoaxes in mass media.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
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650  7 Broadcast journalism.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
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651  7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155
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