(Apex Learning) Present.
Orson Welles' 1938 broadcast "War of the Worlds."
War of the Worlds. The broadcast was given by Orson Welles.
Welles knew all along that the broadcast wasn't a true story (apex)
He informs the listeners that the events did not really happen and provides a moral lesson.
(Apex Learning) Surprised and confused.
The media are a powerful tool but they are not always truthful.
The Mercury Theatre production of The War of the Worlds is told from a news broadcaster's point of view for the first two-thirds of the broadcast. This episode was Mr Welles adaptation of the H G Wells novel of the same name. The initial point of view in the radio broadcast is that of the audience.
he did a radio show of it
To capture the attention of his listeners, who may have been doing other things
This was directed by Orson Welles.
Notably, in this context, H G Wells wrote War of the Worlds, which was adapted by Orson Welles for his Mercury Theatre radio show, and which aired on Halloween night, 1938. The two men were not related.
D. The setting of the story on Apex