Consumer Resistance in a World of Advertising Clutter: The Case of Adbusters

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-148

  Rumbo, Joseph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 0036114685     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.10006     Document Type: Review

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