Traditional media has been replaced by new technologies in the sense that not nearly as many people will pay for a newspaper anymore, but rather watch the news, or more likely, read articles online.
New technology will likely increase voter awareness because more people are becoming accustomed to and growing up with technology, therefore if people are spreading awareness on social media platforms and campaigning, etc. It would help make more people knowledgeable on what elections there are and know about the candidates.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
It is correct to say that we live in a world in which the global circulation of people, information, goods, and bacteria is the danger of emerging viruses.
The medieval system of dealing with the Black Death compared with ours in that it created so much fear due to misinformation and the lack of proper solutions against the Bubonic Plague. People feared the unknown and when they saw the effects of the plague, they locked in their houses and avoided any exterior contact.
Sounds similar? Well, pretty close with what we are witnessing today with so much misinformation, drama in the way news is reported, and the lack of a true solution to cure the current pandemic.
The Bubonic Plague or Black Death devastated many European nations in the 1300s. A dramatic decline of the population in Europe in the 1300s was caused by the Bubonic Plague.
The plague arrived in Europe in 1347 through the Sicilian port of Messina. Historians considered that the Bubonic Plague killed 20 million people in Europe. The sailors that navigated the trade routes of the time got the disease in Asia. In 1340, the plague had struck nations such as China, Egypt, Syria, India, and Persia.
