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As we look toward the horizon, two technologies promise to upend everything we know about entertainment content and popular media.

We now narrativize our own lives using the tropes of popular media. We speak of "character arcs" for our careers and "plot twists" for our relationships. Furthermore, the blending of real news with entertainment content has led to the "presidential blockbuster," where political coverage is framed as sports commentary (winners/losers) or soap operas (villains/heroes). FeetishPOV.2023.Kristi.Fox.Clad.In.Red.XXX.1080...

The most significant change in popular media is the move from scheduled programming to algorithmic curation. As we look toward the horizon, two technologies

Video games have overtaken film and music combined in global revenue. But beyond economics, gaming tropes have bled into all forms of popular media. Interactive storytelling (e.g., "Black Mirror: Bandersnatch"), augmented reality filters, and the "gamification" of news apps (badges for reading articles) show how the interactivity of games is reshaping passive consumption. Furthermore, the blending of real news with entertainment