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SUMMARY:A. Brad Schwartz: "Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News"
DESCRIPTION:View the event on-demand at the following link: click here. Video will be available starting 1/14 at Noon EST. \nOn the evening of October 30\, 1938\, radio listeners across the United States heard a startling report of a meteor strike in the New Jersey countryside. With sirens blaring in the background\, announcers in the field described mysterious creatures\, terrifying war machines\, and thick clouds of poison gas moving toward New York City. As the invading force approached Manhattan\, some listeners sat transfixed\, while others ran to alert neighbors or to call the police. Some even fled their homes. But the hair-raising broadcast was not a real news bulletin-it was Orson Welles’s adaptation of the H. G. Wells classic The War of the Worlds. \nIn Broadcast Hysteria\, A. Brad Schwartz boldly retells the story of Welles’s famed radio play and its impact. Did it really spawn a “wave of mass hysteria\,” as The New York Times reported? Schwartz is the first to examine the hundreds of letters sent to Orson Welles himself in the days after the broadcast\, and his findings challenge the conventional wisdom. Few listeners believed an actual attack was under way. But even so\, Schwartz shows that Welles’s broadcast became a major scandal\, prompting a different kind of mass panic as Americans debated the bewitching power of the radio and the country’s vulnerability in a time of crisis. When the debate was over\, American broadcasting had changed for good\, but not for the better. \nAs Schwartz tells this story\, we observe how an atmosphere of natural disaster and impending war permitted broadcasters to create shared live national experiences for the first time. We follow Orson Welles’s rise to fame and watch his manic energy and artistic genius at work in the play’s hurried yet innovative production. And we trace the present-day popularity of “fake news” back to its source in Welles’s show and its many imitators. Schwartz’s original research\, gifted storytelling\, and thoughtful analysis make Broadcast Hysteria a groundbreaking new look at a crucial but little-understood episode in American history. \n  \nAbout the speaker: \nA. Brad Schwartz is a doctoral candidate at Princeton University\, studying 20th century American history with a special interest in questions of media and journalism\, law and policing\, and the cultural production of history. His undergraduate thesis at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor explored Orson Welles’s 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast\, drawing upon an untapped trove of listener letters to challenge the standard narrative of the so-called “panic broadcast.” This research became the basis for his first book\, Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News (Hill and Wang\, 2015). In 2013\, he co-wrote a documentary about War of the Worlds for the PBS series American Experience\, based in part on his thesis research. His second book\, Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone\, Eliot Ness\, and the Battle for Chicago\, co-written with Max Allan Collins\, was published by William Morrow in 2018. \n  \n\n 
URL:https://artdecoweekend.org/event/a-brad-schwartz-broadcast-hysteria-orson-welless-war-of-the-worlds-and-the-art-of-fake-news/
LOCATION:On-Demand / Pre-Recorded\, Miami Beach\, FL\, 33139\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Miami Design Preservation League":MAILTO:info@mdpl.org
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SUMMARY:Peter Sheridan: "Deco Radio: The Most Beautiful Radios Ever Made"
DESCRIPTION:View the event on-demand at the following link: click here. Video will be available starting 1/14 at Noon EST. \nThis is the untold story of the Art Deco radio and the extraordinary contributions of famous industrial designers in the 1930s\, who contributed so much to the development of radio and the world-wide spread of the Art Deco style. Enjoy a look at the most beautiful radios ever made. \nDr Peter Sheridan AM BDS MDS FICD Clinical Senior Lecturer\, Sydney University\nMember\, Australian Institute of Professional Photography\nCommittee Member\, Art Deco & Modernism Society of Australia \nPeter has been in general dental practice in Macquarie Street Sydney since 1971. An accredited professional photographer specializing in fine art\, Peter is also an internationally respected collector\, historian and lecturer in the field of Art Deco design. His collections are considered world class and have been displayed by the National Gallery of Victoria and featured by the The National Trust and the Historic Houses Trust. He is the author of 4 major award-winning photographic reference books on design and architecture: Radio Days (2008); Deco Radio (2014); Sydney Art Deco (2019) and Sydney Art Deco & Modernist Walks – Potts Point & Elizabeth Bay (2021) \nIn 2001 Peter was honored by the Australian government and awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his work with people with Multiple Sclerosis. Peter is an avid tennis player competing in Australia and overseas in Masters’ tournaments.
URL:https://artdecoweekend.org/event/peter-sheridan-deco-radio-the-most-beautiful-radios-ever-made/
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