A sociology of technology governance for the information age: The case of pharmaceuticals, consumer advertising and the internet

Sociology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 315-334

  Fox, Nick ^a,b   Ward, Katie ^a,b   O'Rourke, Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Governance; Internet; Pharmaceutical drugs; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645558209     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038506062035     Document Type: Review

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