for CA201: War of the Worlds
back in 1938, the media wasn't as developed then as it is now but developed none the less. something we should definitely not overlook especially in the case of Orson Welles 1938 radio drama "The War of the Worlds". when i myself heard it, even i thought, that it was a bit too far-fetched to be really happening. but that might be because the year now is 2007 and not 1938, and thing have definitely developed since then. had i been alive during the broadcast of this radio drama, though skeptical, there would still be a voice in the back of my head
saying to me "well, you never know, what do you know right?". which i think is why it caused such a scare back then.
the general public, knew no better than to believe, since there wasn't really that much to know about space and the planets back then
now, if i knew no better, and someone said to me that the Martians were coming, and had such a good story to back up his claim
what would i care if it were true or not? my first concern would be to take action, to take up arms against these
extra-terrestrial invaders. now, though acclaimed, i think Orson Welles should have known better. he knew for a fact
that his listeners were more than avid fans of his shows, and how engrossed in his radio dramas they could be.
a radio drama of such intensity would undoubtedly have some listeners on the edge of their seats, but i don't think the thought of people
actually believing him actually crossed the mind of Mr. Welles