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Today, we have not one popular culture but thousands of micro-cultures. A teenager on TikTok’s "Alt TikTok" lives in a completely different media universe than a user of "Straight TikTok." A Star Wars fan may have spent 50 hours on Andor , while a Marvel fan has already forgotten Secret Invasion . The result is what media scholar Amanda Lotz calls "the post-network era"—a landscape characterized by abundance, portability, and personalization.

Popular media has transitioned through three distinct eras, each defined by technological capability and user agency. Tushy.20.10.04.Elsa.Jean.Influence.Part.4.XXX.7...