My hoax will be based on the Cornell’s rhinoceros prank, where a student, Hugh Troy, faked rhinoceros tracks in the snow around campus and fooled many professors and students. However, my hoax will be set on the Emory campus instead and it will involve Emory students and staff. The podcast will portray a breaking news story broadcasted on Emory’s radio show, WMRE. This story would be well suited for a podcast because it doesn’t require any visuals and it will rely on the credibility of the people being interviewed along with the tone and style of the radio show. A lack of visuals will be beneficial in convincing the audience because fabricating a false image would be too difficult. The effective usage of a panicked broadcast with little visuals has been very successful in the past, as the “War of the Worlds” broadcast effectively convinced the general public without providing any visuals, just a very realistic dialogue.
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I think this is a great idea, Kristi! I like how you tap into the fact that something like this makes more sense in audio than visual. (On another note, we had random chickens wandering around the quad last year at one point, so there is a history of mysterious wildlife…)
I think the breaking news story idea will work well, especially since you’re making it so specific to the Emory setting–by having such a specific audience (Emory students), you’ll be able to really tailor your rhetorical appeals.
Since it doesn’t sound like you’ll be doing a “real world” analytical frame (like we heard on The Memory Palace or Radiolab), you’ll want to be sure to be able to really robustly explain your strategies for your reflection.
Looking forward to listening to this already!
PS–make sure you’re giving your blog posts titles!