Radio

War of the Worlds
Wow.... Hearing the Radio show, "The War of the Worlds," from the Internet was very interesting to me. Not knowing that power of mass media was huge. Making people actually believe the things said on the radio were true and cause panic. I do realize that radio was pretty much the only type of communication they did have in the old days, and because of this it would be understandable if someone would make a mistake. The Radio Play was about Martians invading New Jersey in 1938, they lied and fooled people making them believe that Martians were really invading New Jersey. People counted on the radio to give them true and correct news, and because of this they believed it. It was said that 1 out of every 12people believed that this story of Martians invading New Jersey was true. This same trick was played on the people of Quito, Ecuador, only this time it was taken much more serious. People are very scared and don't know what to do. Many dedicated catholics did what they thought best and took there family to the nearest church. Solders from the army were getting ready to fight in reality nothing, and men were confessing of adultery. When people found out it was a fake, they become extremely angry. When this occurred a riot of people went to the radio station to burn it down. Six people were killed in this riot. That made me extremely sad, knowing that people were dying because of a joke. But I guess that's what happens when all you can depend on is media radio to tell you the news.