Embedded advertising on television: Disclosure, deception, and free speech rights

Journal of Public Policy and Marketing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 226-238

  Cain, Rita Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising; First Amendment; Regulation; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455238009     PISSN: 07439156     EISSN: 15477207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jppm.30.2.226     Document Type: Article

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