In the Article The Concept of Live Television: Ontology as Ideology, Jane Feuer presents the idea of liveness in television. Television as an institution identifies all messages emanating from the apparatus as live. However in the technological advances, the meaning of live has greatly changed. Computerized editing equipment has made editing as flexible as most film editing. Much of this new equipment is used for the recording and freezing of "live" sports events that were …showed first 75 words of 811 total…

…showed last 75 words of 811 total…find myself watching a great deal. After reading this article I realized the importance of live TV on my life. Weather or not a show or program is live greatly determines whether or not I watch it. Although it costs a great deal to produce a live show, I agree with the article that many more shows are going to try and produce these live ideals in order to attract a larger audience. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**