History 2186A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Dracula, The Panic Broadcast, Orson Welles

• School: Western University
• Department: History
• Course: History 2186A/B
• Professor: Jonathan F Vance

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Space invaders and alien abductions: mars attacks, first ideas and fears of alien invasion came around 1880s. People came to expect instant news on the radio, and didnt: la guerra de los mundos stop to question it, same thing as orson welles broadcast in chile. People burned the newspaper building down, and no fire trucks could help because they were dealing with the. Alien invasion : mass delusion, multiple broadcasts of war of the worlds around the world, throughout the.