Defending the Right Lines of Division: Ritzer's Prosumer Capitalism in the Age of Commercial Customer Surveillance and Big Data

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 484-498

  Zwick, Detlev ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84935747980     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tsq.12101     Document Type: Article

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