War Of The Worlds Flashcards
1
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What Is The Radio Broadcast’s Common News and Radio Conventions?
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- Interviews with ‘experts’
- Regular updates
- Background noise
- Reference to microphone
- Plays Music in between
- Second by second account
2
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What Is The Columbia Broadcasting Company?
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- American television/radio network
- CBS building, NY
- Radio launched in 1927
3
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What Is The Federal Communications Commission?
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- Regulates Radio and TV cable communications
- Washington D.C
- Independent government agency
4
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What Is War Of The Worlds?
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- Starring Orson Welles
- Written by H.G Wells and Howard Kach
- Episode of a series ‘The Mercury Theatre on the Air’
5
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Why Did People Believe This?
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- Interruptions due to the war
- Some tuned in late and didn’t hear fictional intro
- Tuned into different radio show
6
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What Is The Relevance Of The Hypodermic Effect?
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- Short term effect
- Audience is injected with media message and instantly respond
- Easy to manipulate
7
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What Is The Relevance Of The Inoculation Effect?
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- Desensitise audience by using unrealistic representations
- With continual exposure people live their life according to media text
8
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What Is The Relevance Of Gerbner’s Cultivation Theory?
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- The more listened to the more they believe it
- ‘Mainstreaming’ leads to belief of media instead of real experience
- ‘Mean world syndrome’
9
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How Is The Uses and Gratifications Theory Relevant?
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- Surveillance - leads to being informed about the world through news etc.
- Diversion - escape from day to day stress
10
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How Is Stuart Hall’s Reception Theory Relevant?
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- Preferred Reading: adults due to fearful yet understandably fake broadcast
- Negotiated Reading: Today’s listeners can understand the humour as they know it’s not real
- Oppositional Reading: People who failed to understand
