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Public Relations Capitalism: Promotional Culture, Publics and Commercial Democracy

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Public Relations Capitalism: Promotional Culture, Publics and Commercial Democracy. / Cronin, Anne Margaret.
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

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Cronin, AM 2018, Public Relations Capitalism: Promotional Culture, Publics and Commercial Democracy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72637-3

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Cronin, A. M. (2018). Public Relations Capitalism: Promotional Culture, Publics and Commercial Democracy. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72637-3

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Cronin AM. Public Relations Capitalism: Promotional Culture, Publics and Commercial Democracy. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-72637-3

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Cronin, Anne Margaret. / Public Relations Capitalism : Promotional Culture, Publics and Commercial Democracy. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

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