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….