{"product_id":"invasion-from-mars-hadley-cantril","title":"The Invasion from Mars | Hadley Cantril","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Invasion from Mars: A Study in the Psychology of Panic\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith the Complete Script of the Famous Orson Welles Broadcast\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eby Hadley Cantril\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWith Hazel Gaudet, Herta Herzog \u0026amp; Orson Welles\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis pioneering work in \u003cstrong\u003esocial psychology \u003c\/strong\u003eexamines the mass panic that ensued after a radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' \u003cem\u003eThe War of the Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e in 1938.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHadley Cantril \u003c\/strong\u003emeticulously analyzes the reactions of listeners, exploring the factors that contributed to the widespread fear and hysteria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis findings provide valuable insights into the \u003cstrong\u003epsychology of mass behavior\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003epower of suggestion.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally published in 1940, \u003cem\u003eThe Invasion from Mars\u003c\/em\u003e remains a classic.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe broadcast provided a unique real-life opportunity to explore why the relatively new medium of radio could have such an effect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUsing a mix of research methods, Cantril shows that the impact of the broadcast had less to do with what went out over the air than with the \u003cstrong\u003e\"standards of judgment\"\u003c\/strong\u003e people did or did not use in evaluating what they were hearing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is of continuing value to those interested in communications and mass behavior.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn Halloween night 1938, Orson Welles broadcast a radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells fantasy, \u003cem\u003eThe War of the Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat listeners heard sounded so realistic that at least a million were frightened by word that \"strange creatures\" from Mars had landed in central New Jersey and were \"unleashing a deadly assault.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeveral thousand were so terrified they ran into the streets, drove away in their cars, or called the police for information about how to escape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy did so many panic when the circumstances reported were so improbable?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat is just the question Hadley Cantril, then a young social psychologist, set out to answer. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTB1282\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48587109728571,"sku":"0691028273","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780691028279.jpg?v=1784760784","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/invasion-from-mars-hadley-cantril","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}