Spooked! : how a radio broadcast and The war of the worlds sparked the 1938 invasion of America
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Published
Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
139 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Status
Main Library - Children's Juvenile
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Published
Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 7.2, 4 Points
Level 7.2, 4 Points
Lexile measure
1000
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-134) and index.
Description
Describes the panic induced when listeners believed Orson Welles' radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" to be news of an alien invasion, discussing the context in which the broadcast was aired and why it was so convincing.
Target Audience
1000L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,7.2,4,199708.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Hoaxes in mass media -- Juvenile literature.
Instructional and educational works.
Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Science fiction radio programs -- Psychological aspects -- Juvenile literature.
War of the worlds (Radio program) -- Juvenile literature.
Instructional and educational works.
Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Science fiction radio programs -- Psychological aspects -- Juvenile literature.
War of the worlds (Radio program) -- Juvenile literature.