In 1938,actor Orson Welles hosted a radio broadcast dramatizing H.G.Wells' science fiction classic The War of the Worlds.A CBS radio dance music program was interrupted suddenly by a news bulletin informing the audience that Martians had landed in New Jersey and were in the process of conquering the earth.The ensuing reaction is an example of:

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The panic and chaos that followed the broadcast is a classic example of mass hysteria, where a large group of people react with extreme and widespread fear and anxiety to a perceived threat or situation. This was not propaganda, as the intention of the broadcast was not to manipulate or deceive the public, but to entertain them. The incident also did not necessarily reflect the public opinion at the time, nor did it involve mob behavior where a group engages in violent or destructive actions.

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