Using the olympic platform for communications

Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Volume Two: Celebrating the Games

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 215-226

  Eagleman, Andrea N ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85044053396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203126486     Document Type: Chapter

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