Considering the role of social media today, it seems like you can explain past elite culture as a near-monopoly on novelty, until at least the advent of newspa

Considering the role of social media today, it seems like you can explain past elite culture as a near-monopoly on novelty, until at least the advent of newspapers. This surely was a source of influence and power, but must have also had the effect of putting pressure on elites to keep filling the role of novelty-producer, lest they lose attention and distinction.