The Power of Radio as a Medium of Mass Communication

question 15

Multiple Choice

The power of radio as a medium of mass communication was demonstrated in 1938 when Orson Welles put on a dramatization of

• A) War of the Worlds.
• B) Hamlet.
• C) Homer's Odyssey.
• D) the assassination of Franklin Roosevelt.
• E) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

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Definitions:

Habeas Corpus

A legal principle that protects individuals from arbitrary detention by requiring authorities to present them before a court or judge.

Democratic Newspapers

Publications affiliated with or supportive of the Democratic Party, often promoting its political views and policies.

Noncombatants

Individuals who are not engaged in fighting during a conflict, including civilians and military personnel not bearing arms.

Iroquois

A historically powerful northeast Native American confederacy, known also as the Haudenosaunee, consisting of six nations: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora.