Overview
- Argues that a new ‘commercial democracy’ is emerging, politicising promotional culture in new ways
- Explores today’s media landscape in the context of a changing democracy within neoliberal capitalism
- Highlights the social and political significance of an intensifying ‘commercial speech’ in contemporary society
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About the author
Anne M. Cronin is a Reader in the sociology department at Lancaster University, UK. Her most recent book is Advertising, Commercial Spaces and the Urban (Palgrave, 2010).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Public Relations Capitalism
Book Subtitle: Promotional Culture, Publics and Commercial Democracy
Authors: Anne M. Cronin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72637-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-72636-6Published: 24 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89191-0Published: 06 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-72637-3Published: 24 January 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 120
Topics: Media Sociology, Media Studies, Communication Studies, Sociology of Culture