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Social Networking and Transnational Capitalism

Author(s) -

David Kreps

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

triplec communication capitalism and critique open access journal for a global sustainable information society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1726-670X

DOI - 10.31269/triplec.v9i2.264

Subject(s) - mainstream , commercialization , ideology , capitalism , sociology , the internet , consumption (sociology) , business model , key (lock) , social media , media studies , public relations , political science , internet privacy , advertising , business , world wide web , politics , social science , computer science , marketing , computer security , law

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