For decades, popular media was a one-way street. You sat in a theater, watched a broadcast, or read a magazine. Today, the landscape is defined by .
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To understand where we are, we must understand how we got here. For most of the 20th century, popular media was a . The "Big Three" networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) in the US, the BBC in the UK, and major film studios dictated what the public consumed. Entertainment was top-down, curated, and synchronized. If you wanted to discuss a TV show, you had to wait until the following Monday morning at the water cooler. For decades, popular media was a one-way street