A writer adapts a short story about an alien invasion for a radio broadcast. Which choice would most make the audience feel that the events in the broadcast were really happening?

a. Change the setting from the present to sometime in the pastB) Use funny sound effects every time the announcer speaksC) Present the story as a live news reportD) Include lots of commercials at regular intervals

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Jaylon Atkinson

3 February, 05:50

A writer adapts a short story about an alien invasion for a radio broadcast. Which choice would most make the audience feel that the events in the broadcast were really happening?

a. Change the setting from the present to sometime in the pastB) Use funny sound effects every time the announcer speaksC) Present the story as a live news reportD) Include lots of commercials at regular intervals

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Caitlin Vega · Answer 1

C) Present the story as a live news report

Explanation:

This is what happened when they first started airing the war of the worlds back in 1938 when a radio broadcaster decided to air an adaptation of the 1898 novel by George Orwell he decided to broadcast it presenting the story as a live new report and many people believed it, leading to a public histeria since they didn't knwo that it wasn't true.

Maci Ferguson · Answer 2

C) Present the story as a live news report