Technology did a lot for that mostly TV. I remember when JFK was shot I was 5 mad because they kept on running the same film clips, newsmen kept talking and no cartoons. A few years later Tv brought the moon landing, another couple year the FLQ with Laporte murder and bombings. Yes TV put us all front and centre. Good or bad the info is there in a flash as it happens
I remember when I heard about JFK. I was riding my bike downtown and had my transister up to my ear. The day they landed on the moon my soon to be Father-in-Law had just bought a colour TV.
I also remember the FLQ incident. An awful thing in Quebec when they kidnapped Pierre Laporte and then shot him. The Army was brought in and the press asked Pierre Trudeau how far he was prepared to go and he said "Just watch me". He didn't take crap from anyone.