War of the Worlds Broadcast

This radio broadcast is very interesting. It is a form of radio drama whose events are adapted from HG Well's novel War of the Worlds. The broadcast seems to be a series of news bulletins detailing a martian invasion. However, some listeners at the time panicked, thinking the events were real. This is not surprising. given the techniques used to create the broadcast. It is very realistic. The broadcast was run without any commercial breaks. This made it seem like an emergency broadcast that ran without interruption. Also, the phrase "we interrupt this program" made it seem even more like an emergency. However, most people who panicked at the broadcast reportedly only heard small portions of it. This makes sense. If viewed as a whole it is simply a fictitious narration of events. However, small bits and portions can easily be misinterpreted as real.