Question

based on the transcript, what did broadcasting the story through the medium of radio allow welles to do?

Answer 1

Answer:

It was Halloween morning, in 1938, Orson Welles opened his eyes just to discover himself as the most trending person in the USA. Just the past night, Welles together with his Mercury Theatre performed the radio adaption of the Wars of the Worlds, written by H.G. Wells. He transformed around 40 years old novel into the false news edition which broadcasted the news of Martian attack on New Jersey.

Explanation:

It was Halloween morning, in 1938, Orson Welles opened his eyes just to discover himself as the most trending person in the USA. Just the past night, Welles together with his Mercury Theater performed the radio adaption of the Wars of the Worlds, written by H.G. Wells. He transformed around 40 years old novel into the false news edition which broadcasted the news of Martian attack on New Jersey. Just previously it was Halloween night, and hence, this was expected. And various listeners of the show were shocked, and they made a lot of crazy calls to the nearby Police Stations, as well as the newspaper publication houses. The radio stations tried to convince various journalists that the radio episode was able to cause hysteria throughout the USA. And by the very next dawn, the front column of each new newspaper from coast to coast together with the headlines related to the huge panic inspired allegedly by the CBS broadcast.