CMNS 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Digital Identity, Marxist Feminism, Emotional Labor

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 353
• Professor: Maggie Mac Aulay

Document Summary

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