The outcome of every media conflict is pre-established and mere sham

Evidence

The more inarticulate and diffuse the audience of modern mass media seems to be, the more mass media tend to achieve their ‘integration’. The ideals of conformity and conventionalism were inherent in popular novels from the very beginning. Now, however, these ideals have been translated into rather clear-cut prescriptions of what to do and what not to do. The outcome of conflicts is pre-established, and all conflicts are mere sham. Society is always the winner, and the individual is only a puppet manipulated through social rules. — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 221

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘pre-established outcome / all conflicts are sham’ move is directly applicable as a test for breaking down a post-Adorno film or series under my reading purpose.