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Auteur(s) : Cantril, Hadley (1906-1969)
Titre(s) : The invasion from Mars [Texte imprimé] : a study in the psychology of panic / Hadley Cantril ; with the assistance of Hazel Gaudet and Herta Herzog ; with a new introduction by Albert H. Cantril
Publication : New Brunswick, N.J. ; London : Transaction publishers, 2008
Description matérielle : xxxii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Comprend : 1: Incredible as it may seem ; Broadcast (script / Howard Koch) ; 2: It was something
terrible ; Nature and extent of the panic ; 3: It didn't sound like a play ; How
the stimulus was experienced ; 4: We'd better do something ; Description of reactions
; 5: I figured ; Critical ability ; 6: I'm so worried ; Conditions inhibiting critical
ability ; 7: Being in a troublesome world ; Historical setting ; 8: My background
; Individual case ; 9: Jitters have come to roost ; Why the panic? ; Appendix A:
Miscellaneous information ; Appendix B: Interview schedule ; Appendix C: tables
; Index.
Note(s) : Originally published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1940. With new
introd. - Includes bibliographical references and index
From the Publisher: "On Halloween night 1938, Orson Welles broadcast a radio adaptation
of the H.G. Wells fantasy, The War of the Worlds. What 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."
Several thousand were so terrified they ran into the streets, drove away in their
cars, or called the police for information about how to escape. Why did so many panic
when the circumstances reported were so improbable? That is just the question Hadley
Cantril, then a young social psychologist, set out to answer." Originally published
in 1940, The Invasion from Mars remains a classic. The broadcast provided a unique
real-life opportunity to explore why the relatively new medium of radio could have
such an effect. Using 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 "standards
of judgment" people did or did not use in evaluating what they were hearing. This
book is of continuing value to those interested in communications and mass behavior
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Gaudet, Hazel. Collaborateur
Herzog, Herta (1910-2010). Collaborateur
Sujet(s) : The war of the worlds (émission radiophonique)
Panique
Radiodiffusion -- Psychologie
Indice(s) Dewey :
791.447 2 (23e éd.) = Radio (arts du spectacle) - Émission particulière
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1412804701. - ISBN 9781412804707
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42078912m
Notice n° :
FRBNF42078912
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