The effects of the War of the Worlds broadcast were particularly amazing considering
A) the Emergency Warning System had not gone off.
B) that H.G. Wells's story was part of U.S. high school curricula.
C) how well educated the U.S. population was in 1938.
D) scientific knowledge and understanding were so well understood at the time.
E) an announcer identified the program as fiction at four points.

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The War of the Worlds broadcast caused widespread panic among its listeners, despite the fact that it was identified as a fictional program at four points during the broadcast. This indicates that the panic was not due to a lack of warnings or disclaimers about the fictional nature of the content.

The Effects of the War of the Worlds Broadcast Were