2016年8月6日 星期六

loci, mask, Broadcast television,

This mask, depicting the mythical woman Gu, would have been used in the Guro culture of the Côte d'Ivoire as the loci of sacrificial offerings proposed by diviners to improve their well-being.


Face Mask (Gu) | Guro peoples | The Met
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Broadcast television, for decades an oligarchy of three networks, was once the locus for most of the nation’s shared cultural moments — almost 83 percent of households in the United States watched Elvis Presley’s appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in September 1956, which is said to be the largest audience when measured by that metric. In terms of number of viewers, the final episode of “M*A*S*H,” in 1983, set the record with about 106 million viewers.
The networks have also had deep ties to local communities through affiliate and owned-and-operated stations. Along the way, they minted money.
“It was a license to steal,” said Fred Silverman, the former president and chief executive of NBC who as a programmer was behind the hit shows “The Waltons” and “All in the Family.”


loci 

Pronunciation: /ˈləʊsʌɪ/ 
Plural form of locus.

locus  [C] plural loci FORMAL
the place where something happens or the central area of interest in something being discussed:
The locus of decision-making is sometimes far from the government's offices.

mi・lieu


n., pl. -lieus or -lieux (-lyœ').
An environment or a setting.
[French, from Old French, center : mi, middle (from Latin medius) + lieu, place (from Latin locus).]

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