Communication Currents

Mediated April Fools’ Day

April 1, 2013
Mass Communication

April 1st, or April Fools’ Day, has become an annual celebration of pranks and hoaxes designed to amuse and delight both the joker and those upon whom the joke is perpetrated. Mediated communication has often served as the vehicle by which such jests are delivered. In honor of the light-hearted spirit of the holiday, we offer the following for your April Fools’ Day enjoyment….

Literary hoaxes 

BBC radio hoax 

NPR radio hoax 

Opie and Anthony radio hoax 

More radio hoaxes 

Student newspaper hoaxes 

Taco “Liberty” Bell hoax 

The Guardian San Serriffe hoax 

More newspaper hoaxes 

BBC Spaghetti Tree hoax 

BBC Flying Penguins hoax 

BBC Smell-O-Vision hoax 

More media hoaxes