In 1938, actor Orson Welles hosted a radio broadcast dramatizing H.G. Wells's 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 was an example of __________.

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The reaction to the radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" was an example of mass hysteria, as many listeners panicked and believed that the events described in the broadcast were real.

In 1938, Actor Orson Welles Hosted a Radio Broadcast Dramatizing