Traditional media has been replaced by new technologies in the sense that not nearly as many people will pay for a newspaper anymore, but rather watch the news, or more likely, read articles online.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.
In Russia, World War I became the catalyst for the ovethrow of Czar Nicholas II and the rise of the Communist Party (Bolshevik Revolution) led by Vladmir Lenin. Russia became the first Communist country. Communism eventually spread to small countries near Russia and eventually spread to Cuba, China and Vietnam.
The graph would represent that system would look like this (see the attachment):