War of the Worlds

In class, after listening to the hoax radio broadcast on October 30, 1938, I could easily understand on why people were panicking and were tense about this broadcast. This is because the radio broadcast, was indeed extremely realistic. Furthermore, they only said that it was a play, and not reality, in the beginning, that too, really quickly, very hard for someone to comprehend. It was so fast, that even many people in my class, including me, couldn't understand what the person said in the beginning. In addition, I think that in 1938, when this hoax broadcast actually did happen, majority of the people tuned into the radio after this message was played, thus they didn't know that it wasn't real, but only a play.

Moreover, the play was directed and preformed exceptionally well. They had many different factors to it, which made it sound even more real. For example, they had many callers, with different stories, which could've been true. They even, had a point where the guy was walking into the "spaceship" and then all of a sudden, he gets killed by the laser. All of these small little touches made the play realistic, which forced people into believing in this hoax broadcast. This is why, I begin to agree with the end of the article, that media does own us. However, I do believe that in todays world, it is almost impossible to make such a hoax, as people are more educated and aware of their surroundings. Also, people have learned to trust more than one source, which gives me confidence that something like this, wont ever happen to me.