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The line between news and entertainment is gone. Many young people get their "news" from John Oliver, Jon Stewart, or random TikTok pundits. Mainstream popular media increasingly uses the tropes of drama to cover real-world events, leading to a cynical, narrative-driven view of politics. Short-form video is engineered to be addictive

Human curators (magazines, MTV, radio DJs) have been replaced by machine learning. This creates a specific type of content: TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts have rewired

Hollywood is risk-averse. The trend of "requels" (remakes that are also sequels) and "legacy sequels" (e.g., Top Gun: Maverick, Ghostbusters: Afterlife) relies on nostalgia. Popular media is currently obsessed with recycling the past for modern audiences.