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by HONEST_ANNIE 2342 days ago
The book 'The Space Merchants' (1952) from Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth describes this type world.

World is run by ad companies (FB, Google,...) who select political leaders. People have to be careful on the street not to be trapped by highly aggressive ads.

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In fiction I also liked Richard K Morgan's take on holographic advertising in Altered Carbon.