Pop culture reflects basic drives

It seems difficult to find research on this topic though I'd expect there to be an endless supply of it. Is there evidence whether activities that give people an outlet to express basic drives reinforce the behavior or prevent them from using more damaging ways to meet the urge? (Examples would be paintballing and video games to channel drives of agression into, pornography, etc.) These activites are just like reenactments that we're deriving the satisfaction from but aren't serving their evolutionary function (ie: going to scary movies to get that fight or flight response we don't get enough of as we're not often chased my predators or overeating). Of course innate drives cannot not just be supressed, but it seems clear we're beggining to use this energy in more constructive ways. What sort of ways do you see popular cultural or practical activities of the future satisfying drives like these? (i know I'm adressing a pretty complicated matter here in a very simple way)