Politics and Space

Image Making by NASA

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Politics and Space

Image Making by NASA

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Government agencies have tended to attempt to project favorable public images of themselves as a method of building the public support they need to survive, all the more so in times of increasingly sophisticated communications and decreasingly available financial resources. This study analyzes NASA's efforts to build political support through its public image. Throughout its tumultuous history, the space agency has carefully tailored its use of basic images: nationalism (during the Mercury era), romanticism (during the Apollo era), and pragmatism (during the Shuttle era)--to fit its prevailing political circumstances. This in-depth study will be of keen interest to scholars in political science and political communication.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Nationalism
The Mercury Era
Romanticism
The Apollo Era
Pragmatism
The Shuttle Era
Transmitting the Images
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published Oct 26 1994
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 224
ISBN 9780275949501
Imprint Praeger
Dimensions 235 x 156 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Mark E. Byrnes

MARK E. BYRNES is Assistant Professor of Political…

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