[78-L] Panic..or myth? (Hey, it was 73 years ago tonight, too)

[david.diehl at hensteeth.com]

As I recall Cantril's sampling consisted of a couple of hundred self-selected people from New Jersey. He grossly overstated the program's effects. One of his most gullible subjects was described as a young man who didnothing but sit in his apartment listening to swing band records. IIRC there was one passage where he basically admitted that some respondents seemed to 'remember' the broadcast based on what they had subsequently heard or read. Anything but thorough IMHO. 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Stern [mailto:sternth at attglobal.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 03:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Panic..or myth? (Hey, it was 73 years ago tonight, too)

Does anyone have the CANTRIL study of the "panic" handy?I read it many years ago, and no longer remember any detail, but think it was a prettythorough post-mortem.I think I remember that the significant aspect of the program which caused some to be fooled wasblurring the line between news reporting and a dramatic representation of (fictional) news reporting.[This is the technique of fraud used these days by many "infomercials" which pretend to be reportingnews (medical, financial, etc.).] IIRC, there may have been some regulations which discouraged that type of dramatization. If anyone knowsfor sure, I'd like to know. Best wishes, Thomas.-----Original Message-----From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Sammy JonesSent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 3:45 PMTo: 78-l at klickitat.78online.comSubject: Re: [78-L] Panic..or myth? (Hey, it was 73 years ago tonight,too)Mike Biel wrote:"The current rules only require it on the hourwith no reference to how close to the hour it has to be. They can bedone very sloppy now." I say:Very true! I produce halftime, pregame, and postgame shows for Georgia Public Broadcasting's statewide TV network. We generllytry to get the IDs for the nine station network on around the top of the hour, but plus or minus a couple of minutes is no bigdeal. At least we don't have to break programming to ID the stations. A graphic lower 3rd is good enough, though I have to makesure our program is free of other graphics on that place of the screen when it's time for the ID.(I know, I know, radio is a different beast...)Back to my question about the recording source for the Oct. 30th Chase and Sanborn show. I found my CD, and while it is completeand contains the NBC system cue and chimes, there is no station ID at either the mid break or end of program. My copy appears tohave the space at the middle station break edited out, so I suppose there could have been a station ID there at one point.Did the Chase and Sanborn Hour originate from Hollywood or New York?Sammy Jones_______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l_______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l