Still, advancing technology and medicine has had a great impact even in the Global South. Large-scale industry and more centralized media made brutal dictatorships possible on an unprecedented scale in the middle of the century, leading to wars that were also unprecedented. However, the increased communications contributed to democratization. Technological developments included the development of airplanes and space exploration, nuclear technology, advancement in genetics, and the dawning of the Information Age. COUNT 4
QSN1 What did the media industry make possible in the middle of the century? ANS1 brutal dictatorships QSN2 What did the brutal dictatorships caused by the media lead to? ANS2 wars QSN3 What did increased communications lead contribute to? ANS3 democratization QSN4 What time period did technological advances lead to? ANS4 the Information Age