War of the Worlds Quizlet

What words from the excerpt best Support the answer from 107? (Which statement best describes how the New York Times makes its point about Orson Welles's program)

"blood-curdling fiction" "real news would have been given"

About how many people listened to the War of the Worlds Broadcast on the Night of October 30th, 1938?

12 million

According to "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic," what are two reasons why Welles's broadcast was heard by far fewer listeners than people believe today?

A reason that there were fewer people listening is that there is evidence that only 2% of 5,000 households that night were listening to a play. 98% were listening to something else. Also, at that time, most people were listening to Edgar Bergen's Chase and Sanborn Hour who were a lot more popular back in 1938.

What is the book about?

Aliens that brought trouble to the Humans

What is an example of an apocryphal story?

An apocryphal story is a made up story. An example of an apocryphal story is a fiction story.

Based on "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic," what, most likely prompted CBS to commission a survey the day after the broadcast?

CBS most likely commissioned a survey the day after the broadcast because the people probably went back to listen to it and wanted to give people time to understand the broadcast and really get the gist of it.

Who wrote the book War of the Worlds?

H. G. Wells

If reporters sensationalized student protests to boost their networks' ratings, what does it mean they did?

It means that they show information to the public because it will make their ratings go up as people are very interested in the topic.

Who wrote, "The Myth of War of the Worlds Panic" the article?

Jefferson Pooley and Michael J. Socolow

According to "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic," why would many people now believe that most of America heard the radio play?

Many people believe that most of America heard the play because, over the years, more and more people say that they heard the broadcast that night. More people claimed that they heard the show so it is easy to infer that most of America heard the broadcast.

Who wrote the play based on the book War of the Worlds?

Orson Welles

According to "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic," how do PBS and Radiolab account for the huge numbers of people they believe were listening to Welles's broadcast, despite evidence to the Contrary?

PBS and Radiolab believe that more people listened to the story because millions of people could have turned to a different channel. They might have changed from Bergen's broadcast to the War of the Worlds play. The only reason they don't know for a fact that more people tuned because there is no evidence of them turning to that channel.

What was a major source of entertainment, music, and news in the 1920s

Radio

What excerpt from "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic" best supports the answer to #105?

The Broadcast was put the next day because "98 percent of those surveyed were listening to something else, or nothing at all. On Oct. 30 ,1938. This minuscule rating is not surprising. Welles' program was scheduled against one of the most popular national programs at the time

What was the most popular show at that time?

The Chase and Sanborn Hour

Read this Excerpt from "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic." In an editorial titled "Terror by Radio," The New York Times reproached "radio officials" for approving the interweaving of "blood-curdling fiction" with news flashes "offered in exactly the manner that real news would have been given" Which statement best describes how the New York Times makes its point about Orson Welles's program

The New York Times says how bad it was that the radio let the War of the Worlds broadcast to even happened. They say how the news was fiction, but the radio made it sound like it was really happening. The reason is that it sounded exactly as if it were an actual emergency interruption.

Who does Jefferson Pooley and Michael J. Socolow blame for the accident

The Newspaper

How are the clip from Radiolab: War of the Worlds and ¨The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic¨ different from each other.

The difference between the two is War of the Worlds is the actual broadcast of the radio play, ¨The Myth of the War of the World Panic¨ is a newspaper article that discussed the broadcast. Also, The Myth of War of the Worlds explained how it was more the fault of the newspaper.

Based on "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic," what can readers determine about the survey conducted the night Welles's broadcast aired?

The readers can determine that most people who were listening to the broadcast thought it was a joke. There was only a small percentage of the people who started to freak out.

According to ¨The Myth of the War of the World panic,¨ why did newspaper reporters exaggerate the effects of the War of the Worlds broadcast?

The reason that newspaper reporters exaggerated the effects of the broadcast because the newspapers wanted to get revenge on the radio because, at that time, the radio took off advertising revenue during the depression. This would hurt the Radio.

According to ¨The Myth of the War of the World panic, how did the newspaper industry feel about the radio industry after the Depression?

They felt like the radio could not be trusted and that they have irresponsible management. They thought this because the radio took off the advertising revenue during the depression.

Does anyone know what program was on at the time of the CBS news broadcast?

Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen's Chase and Sanborn Hour, A comedy-Variety Show.

What kind of information might be described as salient?

Very important information would be described as salient. Salient is something that is most noticeable or important.

What happened on October 30th, 1938?

War of the Worlds Broadcast

What detail from the selection best supports the answer to #103? (Based on "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic," what can readers determine about the survey conducted the night Welles's broadcast aired?)

¨That's what surveys found afterward. About one out of twelve people who heard the broadcast thought it was true. And that some percentage of that 1 million people ran out of their homes, towels over their faces, clutching children, tripping, breaking limbs.¨