The Popularity of Isekai: Explained With Science

Why has Isekai remained so popular over the years? I dug through the academic literature to produce a three pronged explanation thay way overcomplicates the issue.

Yes, social science is science. Deal with it.

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:33 - The Psychological Dimension
11:37 - The Socio-Economic Dimension
29:52 - The Technological Dimension

Media:
Ace Attorney
Arifureta
Code Geass
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too
I'm in Love with the Villainess
In Another World With My Smartphone
Isekai Cheat Magician
Isekai Quartet
K-on!
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
No Game No Life
Oreimo
Overlord
Saga of Tanya the Evil
Shirobako the Movie
Zom 100

Sources and Further Reading:
Green, Melanie C. “Transportation Theory.” The International Encyclopedia of Communication, June 5, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405186407.wbiect058.
Jenkins, Henry, Mizuko Ito, and Danah Boyd. Participatory culture in a networked era: A conversation on youth, learning. John Wiley & Sons, 2015.
Jenkins, Henry. Textual poachers: Television fans and participatory culture. New York: Routledge, 2013.
Jenkinson, Henry. Convergence culture: Where old and new media collide. New York: New York University Press, 2006.
Kabashima, Ikuo, and Gill Steel. “The Koizumi Revolution.” PS: Political Science and Politics 40, no. 1 (2007): 79–84. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20451895.
Laer, Tom van, Ko de Ruyter, Luca M. Visconti, and Martin Wetzels. “The Extended Transportation-Imagery Model: A Meta-Analysis of the Antecedents and Consequences of Consumers’ Narrative Transportation.” Journal of Consumer Research 40, no. 5 (February 1, 2014): 797–817. https://doi.org/10.1086/673383.
Muhamed, Fatuma. "Rewriting Your Own Narrative: Isekai as a Contemporary Coming of Age Tale." Order No. 28022776, University of Washington, 2020. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/rewriting-your-own-narrative-em-isekai-as/docview/2437216337/se-2.
Oatley, Keith. Such stuff as dreams. Wiley, 2011.
Ono, Hiroshi. “Lifetime Employment in Japan: Concepts and Measurements.” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 24, no. 1 (March 2010): 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjie.2009.11.003.

BGM Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EHRXF5gkAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mnPkzRoBHY (Yes, I will use this song in every one of my videos. No, you cannot stop me)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REE-y3m26YU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG_j3bSguPs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgIkkE5HlDE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJATNfz9elA
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