WAR OF THE WORLDS OCTOBER 30, 1938

WAR OF THE WORLDS.
Some listeners heard only a portion of the broadcast, and in the atmosphere of tension and anxiety leading to World War II, took it to be a news broadcast. Newspapers reported that panic ensued, people fleeing the area, others thinking they could smell poison gas or could see flashes of lightning in the distance.
It was also reported that people fled to the streets, contemplated suicide and mass hysteria ensued.

1. After listening to the broadcast, why do you feel people reacted the way they did?
2. What would create this type of hysteria today?
Would it still be fear of aliens? Why or why not?
3. Does the media have a responsibility to the people to not create massive fear. If so, what about 2012? There are movies, "documentaries", and other media out there instilling fear of this date.

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