In Orson Welles' radio production of "The War of the Worlds," actors portrayed journalists who are surprised during on-air reports by major disasters and events. Why was this considered effective? (2 points)

Listeners at the time believed in aliens and believed the show was real.

Orson Welles was reading directly from a famous novel that people liked.

The sound quality was far better than normal news radio productions.

These acted reports resembled real radio news reports of disasters.

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In Orson Welles' radio production of "The War of the Worlds," actors portrayed journalists who are surprised during on-air reports by major disasters and events. Why was this considered effective? (2 points)



 






Listeners at the time believed in aliens and believed the show was real.





Orson Welles was reading directly from a famous novel that people liked.





The sound quality was far better than normal news radio productions.





These acted reports resembled real radio news reports of disasters.