Brief
Orson Welles
The claims the writer was given for Orson Welles, in the order they were given.
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The Invasion From Mars: A Study in the Psychology of Panic examined Orson Welles' 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast, over which an estimated more than a million people in the northeastern United States panicked.
“Its subject was the 1938 Orson Welles War of the Worlds broadcast (which it is estimated that more than a million people in the northeast United States panicked over).”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch10:54900-55064 observation
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Orson Welles's 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds sparked alarm among some listeners who thought an alien invasion was actually underway.
“In 1938, Orson Welles’ radio adaption from New York of HG Wells’ 1897 novel The War of the Worlds sparked alarm among some of his audience, who thought an alien invasion was actually underway.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:1901-2086 observation
3
In 1938, Orson Welles broadcast a radio adaptation from New York of H. G. Wells's 1897 novel The War of the Worlds.
“In 1938, Orson Welles’ radio adaption from New York of HG Wells’ 1897 novel The War of the Worlds sparked alarm among some of his audience, who thought an alien invasion was actually underway.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:1901-2086 administrative
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Recent research suggests the popular belief that Orson Welles's radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds caused a mass national panic was exaggerated, and the panic narrative was whipped up after the broadcast by a rival media 'beat-up'.
“It has become a popular myth that Wells’ radio show caused a mass national panic about an alien invasion, but recent research suggests this was exaggerated; it was whipped up after the broadcast by what would today be called a rival media ‘beat-up’.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:2096-2341 opinion