December 2010
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The concert audience
From Sociological Images: In a concert hall full of seats paid for with large bills, [Joshua] Bell’s talent is authenticated by the arbiters of taste who are the gatekeepers of the venue. Concert-goers do not necessarily know whether or why Bell is any good. They rely on the arbiters to determine who is worth listening to. And listening to who it is that is worth listening to provides them...
November 2010
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