Selling Outer Space - Kennedy, the Media, and Funding for Project Apollo, 1961-1963

"Kauffman's compelling book... examines how the Kennedy administration and the media constructed the space program in ways designed to win congressional and public approval. Kauffman analyzes the construction of the space program as a series of rhetorical moves, raising questions not only about the media, government, and technology but also about how we understand public life." - Journal of American History "A valuable addition to the body of science communication research that examines the tension between expert and public perspectives on such issues as risk and the environment." - Sciphers (Science Communication Interest Group) "Selling Outer Space is a case study of the complex relationship between the government and the media. Anyone interested in public relations, or how the news media operate, should read this book. Every library should own it." - Academic Library Book Review"

About the author

Andrew Lytle is one of America's foremost men of letters. He is the author of The Long Night, reissued by The University of Alabama Press in 1988. Mr. Lytle resided in Monteagle, Tennessee, until his death.

Product details

• Authors: James Kauffman, James L. Kauffman, James Lee Kauffman
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.09.2009
• EAN: 9780817355906
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5590-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Commun; Studies in Rhetoric and Commun; Studies Rhetoric & Communicati
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches