Mass Hysteria of the War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast

When the panic set in with all of the involved populations, the reactions differed. Everyone’s reactions differed greatly, the first way was through people staying in place and continuing to live life normally. In the novel, the events leading up to people dying in the novel all started with the rats and people thought that them dying was normal, the novel states the following: “‘Well, Doctor,’ he said while the injection was being made, ‘they’re coming out, have you noticed?’ ‘The rats, he means,’ his wife explained. ‘The man next door found three.’ ‘They’re coming out, you can see them in all the trash cans. It’s hunger!’”

The author uses imagery to characterize the snake and emphasize the importance of its life. When the narrator first approaches the snake, he observes how the snake “held his ground in calm watchfulness; he was not even rattling yet, much less was he coiled; he was waiting for me to show my intentions.” This description uses specific details of the snake’s actions to illustrate how the snake reacts nonviolently. In fact, the snake waits to see what the narrator does instead of attacking outright,

Star Trek is a franchise that has been around for a very long time; it has been turned into books, movies and a television series. Television is one of the world 's most influential pieces of propaganda. Whether it is being used to promote the next president, sponsor the newest upcoming athlete, or tell you about your favorite show, television is used to influence the world and how we perceive it. The popular television show aired for the first time in 1966 and throughout the years has seen many important events in its lifetime. Societal issues that were present in Star Trek, such as racism, sexuality, war, and scientific theories, continue to appear in today’s mainstream culture, even decades after the show came to an end.

With the measured step and calm collected air of an asylum-physician approaching in the public hall some patient beginning to show indications of a coming paroxysm, Claggart deliberately advanced within short range of Billy, and mesmerically looking him in the eye, briefly recapitulated the accusation. Not at first did Billy take it in. When he did, the rose-tan of his cheek looked struck as by white leprosy. He stood like one impaled and gagged. Meanwhile the accuser's eyes removing not as yet from the blue dilated ones, underwent a phenomenal change, their wonted rich violet color blurring into a muddy purple. Those lights of human intelligence losing human expression, gelidly protruding like the alien eyes of certain uncatalogued creatures of the deep. The first mesmeric glance was one of serpent fascination; the last was as the hungry lurch of the torpedo-fish (70-71).

"With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting it 's venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history."

Example: “A writhing horror twisted itself across his features, like a snake gliding swiftly over them, and making one little pause, with its wreathed intervolutions in open sight” (Hawthorne 14).

In the words of Chuck Palahnniuk, “Hysteria is impossible without an audience”. Throughout history, there are many examples of hysteria and panic throughout the public. Arthur Miller brilliantly depicts an example of this in his play, The Crucible. Another example of panic quickly spreading throughout a community, is Sen McCarthy and red scare, which is also referred to as McCarthyism. People take advatage of hysteria to further personal vendettas, or to gain more power within a community.

An example of mass hysteria in the 20th century was the japanese scare. The japanese scare relates to the crucible because they were both examples of mass hysteria and great terror that people felt. These hysterias happen because of a catalyst or a trigger that occurs people to commit certain resolutions, have certain motivations and leads them to have their reasons. The japanese scare is an outstanding example of mass hysteria from the 20th century because the japanese had a bad image because of where they came from, were seen as the enemy in world war 2, and were considered an accomplice to the attack on pearl harbor, thanks to these assumptions, the japanese had prejudices against them, were harassed, maimed, and even executed by random

During WWII, media was a huge part in trying to rally up the people to help in war efforts. . Great Britain was in major need and were willing to do anything.

Continuing, mass hysteria can cause friends or family to turn on each other in a blink of an eye. In the play, hysteria is undoubtedly seen in the village of

‘”So only he saw the lump of shadow that clung the Ged, tearing at his flesh. It was like a black beast, the size of a young child, … and it had no head or face, only the four taloned paws with which it gripped and tore’”(Le Guin, 67).

The movies of the Maine exploding definitely put people into a frenzy. I still can’t get over how the people in the one movie theatre threw tomatoes at the screen. I knew people threw tomatoes at actors onstage, but I did not know they continued that when moving pictures were invented. People were so upset by the real and war fake footage. It reminds me of a story I once read about an actor a long time ago that portrayed a demon in a play. He was so convincing that on his way home from the theatre a group of people who saw him perform killed him, because they actually believed he was a

vestigial mouth and nose"(29). Note his use of the term "mesmerizing" to suggest that there is

The radio is one of the most influential pieces of technology ever invented. From political debates to Taylor Swift’s latest hit, with the help of the radio, society stays informed on a plethora of topics. Freddie Mercury wasn’t lying when he said, “and everything I had to know, I learned it on my radio.” In almost every country in the world, there is at least one radio station used to broadcast news to it’s people. Since the creation of the FM radio, it has been used to reach out to people over a certain area and keep them informed about the society they live in. During the 1930s and the 1940s, the radio played a very important role in history; it was a tool used during World War II by America, Great Britain, and Nazi Germany. By sending

In times of War, the media plays a crucial role both in reporting, monitoring and giving updates. During the Vietnam War of 1955-1975, the American press played crucial roles of reporting until it ended up shifting its tone under the influence of occurrence of some events like the Tet Offensive, the My Lai Massacre, the bombing of Cambodia and leaking of Pentagon papers resulting into lack of trust in the press (Knightly 1975). From the beginning of the war up to present times there have been undying debates over the role of media in the war. The have been various criticisms over the American News Media’s actions and influences on the outcome of the war. The debate is embedded on the particular political assumptions perceived across the