My hoax will be based on the Cornell\u2019s 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\u2019s radio show, WMRE. This story would be well suited for a podcast because it doesn\u2019t 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 \u201cWar of the Worlds\u201d broadcast effectively convinced the general public without providing any visuals, just a very realistic dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My hoax will be based on the Cornell\u2019s 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 … Continue reading