One thing to keep in mind is mass media outside of print is still only about 100 years old. Things were always going to be cheaper and more accessible. The leap from silent movies to personal video broadcasting is an absolutely amazing one and meant it was going to gain a more cultural focus than it had previously. Similarly, pornography became much more widely available and specific to it's audience.

This progress was always going to happen. The great failure is that it was captured and it no longer belongs to the people. It lives in a period of stunted growth now just replaying and reproducing the things that were popular at the time of this capture, no longer allowed to grow, no longer allowed to be the voice of the people directly.