Compare the changes in communication during Aristotle's time to the changes occurring today

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: During Aristotle's time the new media were the Greek alphabet and the birth of written documents. These two created a huge growth of literacy and undermined the dominance of the old medium, which was oral communication. Even the great philosopher Plato disparaged writing, preferring the give-and-take of conversation. Some communication scholars call it the greatest new-media upheaval in history. By comparison, in our turbulent media environment we have older forms like newspapers, radio, and television struggling to compete with the Internet and a blizzard of social media. Aristotle was so frustrated with the changes that he questioned the value of his education, and many modern students feel equally frustrated. But like Aristotle, modern students need to focus on the qualities of successful communication that remain the same whatever new media emerge.