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"What we are seeing is the industrialization of comfort," says Dr. Elena Vance, a media psychologist at UCLA. "Popular media has shifted from being a shared cultural experience to a personalized chemical prescription. People don't ask, 'Is this good?' anymore. They ask, 'Does this feel safe?'" Instead, she is watching a 45-minute video essay