Google ads and the blindspot debate

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 433-447

  Lee, Micky ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blindspot debate; Dallas Smythe; Google ads; online advertising; political economy; search engine

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955099094     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443710394902     Document Type: Article

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