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KEYWORDS
CRITICAL THEORY; DIGITAL MEDIA; COMMUNICATIONS; CULTURE; CRITICAL MEDIA SOCIOLOGY OF CRITIQUE; CRITICAL DIGITAL
SOCIOLOGY OF CRITIQUE; KARL MARX; HERBERT MARCUSE; RAYMOND WILLIAMS; DALLAS SMYTHE; FRANKFURT SCHOOL
ABSTRACT
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MARXISM ON MY THOUGHT, AND ARGUES FOR GROUNDING MEDIA/COMMUNICATION STUDIES AND DIGITAL MEDIA RESEARCH
IN CRITICAL THEORY, UNDERSTOOD AS A CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF CRITIQUE THAT COMBINES SOCIAL THEORY, EMPIRICAL SOCIAL
RESEARCH AND ETHICS.