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From a communication perspective, TMT offers explanations and predictions applicable to media use; international relations; social influence; political, intercultural, and interethnic interaction; health and risk communication; and interpersonal connections related to how people manage existential anxiety. Accordingly, the theory provides valuable suggestions for effectively coping with a broad range of problematic situations (e.g., natural disasters, terrorist attacks, disease pandemics, etc.) that tend to make mortality salient for human beings, some of which will be addressed in the following sections, particularly as they relate to the COVID-19 pandemic.