"Hadley Cantril's study was launched immediately after the broadcast to give an account of people's reactions and an answer to the question, Why the panic? Originally published by Princeton University Press in 1940, the book explores the latent anxieties that lead to mass hysteria."
*Includes script from Wells' "War of the Worlds" broadcast.*
"News Literacy is a curriculum developed at Stony Brook University in New York over the past decade. It is designed to help students develop critical thinking skills in order to judge the reliability and credibility of information, whether it comes via print, television or the Internet." http://www.centerfornewsliteracy.org
"First Draft formed as a nonprofit coalition with nine Founding Partners in June 2015 to raise awareness and address challenges relating to trust and truth in the digital age. In September 2016, we expanded our coalition with a Partner Network to help inform and scale our work, and to champion the importance of collaboration." from http://firstdraftnews.com/
"The Newseum, headquartered in Washington, D.C., promotes, explains and defends free expression and the five freedoms of the First Amendment: religion, speech, press, assembly and petition."
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