Arts & Life > Books A. Brad Schwartz Books by A. Brad Schwartz Broadcast Hysteria Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News by A. Brad Schwartz Hardcover, 337 pages A. Brad Schwartz has written books about: Digital Culture Arts & Entertainment Nonfiction History & Society Science & Health NPR stories about A. Brad Schwartz Book Reviews The Martians Are Coming! 'Broadcast Hysteria' Looks At The War Over 'Worlds' May 9, 2015 Orson Welles' radio hoax famously convinced America that Martians had landed in New Jersey, right? A. Brad Schwartz's new Broadcast Hysteria argues that panic may have been blown out of proportion. Share Facebook Twitter Google+ Email Comment More From Books Book Reviews Kafka Would Love 'The Beautiful Bureaucrat' Book Reviews A House That's Not A Home In 'Bright Lines' Author Interviews Walter Mosley Remembers The Watts Riots: You Could Feel The Rage Author Interviews Author Walter Mosley Grew Up In LA But His Writing Is Soaked In The South More
Book Reviews The Martians Are Coming! 'Broadcast Hysteria' Looks At The War Over 'Worlds' May 9, 2015 Orson Welles' radio hoax famously convinced America that Martians had landed in New Jersey, right? A. Brad Schwartz's new Broadcast Hysteria argues that panic may have been blown out of proportion.