Audience manufacture in historical perspective: From broadcasting to Google

New Media and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 133-154

  Bermejo, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Advertising; Audience manufacture; Audience measurement; Blindspot debate; Google; Online audiences; Search engines

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349141066     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444808099579     Document Type: Article

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