Half a century ago, in his book The Culture Industry, sociologist Theodor Adorno derided popular cultural products as mere commodities, dressed up as culture.
話說回來，早在半世紀前，社會學者阿多諾就在《文化工業》一書中，對「假文化之名、行商品之實」的各種流行文化產品展開嚴厲批判。