David Copeland, A.J. Fletcher Professor in the School ofCommunications, has published “A Series of Fortunate Events: Why PeopleBelieved Richard Adams Locke’s ‘Moon Hoax’” in the Fall 2007 issue of JournalismHistory. Copeland’s research usescontemporary scientific and religious thought to explain why virtually allpeople believed as fact Locke’s story in the New York Sun that claimed renowned astronomer John Herschel haddiscovered humans and other forms of life on the Moon.
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