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The Optional Society: An Essay on Economic Choice and Bargains of Communication in an Affluent World Folke Dovring Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1971 edition
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The Optional Society: An Essay on Economic Choice and Bargains of Communication in an Affluent World
Folke Dovring
Nowadays, when advanced industrialization and electronic media are penetrating the world and opening new frontiers everywhere, the chal lenge from the optional society - often called "Americanization" - be comes a source of global competition, imitation or opposition and shapes the profile of our time.
107 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 1, 1972 |
| ISBN13 | 9789024712786 |
| Publishers | Springer |
| Pages | 107 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 6 mm · 176 g |
| Editor | Dovring, Folke |
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