Question

Have you ever been fooled by a fake news report? what tools and strategies did the media producers use? how are they similar to and different from the tools and strategies welles used?

Answer 1

The first two are up to you. Orson Welles used strategies of realistic elements built with paranoia and high stakes to instill fear and relatability.

Who was Orson Welles?

• American director, actor, screenwriter, and producer George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) is most known for his groundbreaking work in radio, theater, and film.
• He is regarded as one of the best and most important directors of all time. Welles directed notable theatrical plays for the Federal Theatre Project while still in his 20s, such as an all-African American cast Macbeth adaptation and the political musical The Cradle Will Rock.
• He and John Houseman established the Mercury Theatre in 1937. This independent repertory theater company staged a number of shows on Broadway from 1937 to 1941, among them Caesar, a production of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.

• Orson Welles directed and narrated "The War of the Worlds," a Halloween episode of The Mercury Theatre on the Air that was a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's book The War of the Worlds (1898). On October 30, 1938, at 8 p.m.
• ET, it was presented live and transmitted on the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network.

The broadcast is renowned for spreading terror by persuading some listeners that a Martian invasion was happening, though the extent of the panic is questioned given the program's small audience.

Know more about Orson Welles with the help of the given link:

brainly.com/question/6857790

#SPJ4