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August 8th, 2005
06:15 pm - War of the Broadcasts
War of the Broadcasts
By Kristen Coughlan
In the past, radio was a medium to get information across to the to the people of the world. It was the television of the past.
On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre on the Air had a Halloween Special. Those who tuned in when the show began would of heard a disclaimer telling the audience that the following broadcast was live broadcast of an adaptation of H. G. Wells' classic novel The War of the Worlds. Two thirds of the listeners that night missed the disclaimer by channel surfing and they thought a series of what to be news broadcasts of an alien invasion real and the country was put in a panic.
Today, video is one of the biggest mediums to get information across. It can be used to entertain, teach, show current events, or to scare like radios did in the past. Video can be seen in movie theatres, television, the Internet, and some billboards. With the use of computers and other technology videos are getting better in the film and television industry every year.
Video is a good propaganda tool to keep the masses in fear. Mainstream news repeats over and over images of a terror event that happens in the world, what the "officials" say what happened at this event, and censors out what witnesses really saw. There will be reports about how to protect yourself and to tell you to tattle on your family or neighbours. Reports would say that the changes around you and new laws would protect you from the "terrorists". If a person wants to give another view of the situation or try to oppose the truth, they are demonized.
Most people seem to believe it what they see.
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