Sign Off
Subtitle: The Last Days of Television
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: June 23, 1983
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780262540391
Subjects: Performing Arts; Radio & television industry; Language Arts & Disciplines; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Language; Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism; Journalism; Television broadcasting; Television broadcasting of new; Television broadcasting of news; United States
Description: Sign Off takes on network coverage of Three-Mile Island, riots in Miami, sex, the selling of politicians, the "electronic church," hyped-up news programming, and more. It is the third book by Ed Diamond to come out of the News Study Group he heads at MIT. The others, Tin Kazoo and Good News, Bad News are also available in paperback.