The power of radio as a medium of mass communication was demonstrated in 1938 when Orson Welles put on a dramatization of
A) War of the Worlds.
B) Hamlet.
C) Homer's Odyssey.
D) the assassination of Franklin Roosevelt.
E) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

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Orson Welles put on a dramatization of "War of the Worlds" on radio in 1938, which caused panic among the listeners who believed that aliens were really invading the Earth. This demonstrated the power of radio as a medium of mass communication.

The Power of Radio as a Medium of Mass Communication