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As a leading contemporary British scholar of critical communication, Christian Fuchs has long devoted himself to the study of human communication in the digital age from the perspective of academic tradition of Western Marxism, thus systematically proposing the critical theory of communication. Based on this, the paper aims to explore the basic clues of the formation of Fuchs' critical theory of communication, mainly by researching Fuchs' academic dialogues and debates with thinkers such as Marx and Engels, scholars of the Frankfurt School and Dallas W. Smythe through the method of intellectual history. In conclusion, it finds that from historical materialism and labor theory of value to critical theory and audience commodity, all of them have been critically interpreted and digitally combined by Fuchs, forming the historical foundation of his critical theory of communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chinese tea culture has a long history and is an important carrier of Chinese excellent traditional culture. Chinese traditional tea making techniques and related customs have been included in the representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, highlighting the significant achievements of the development of Chinese tea culture and tea industry. According to investigation, there are still some problems in the development of tea culture, such as insufficient popularization, unbalanced regional development, inadequate influence as a whole. It suggests that we focus on the inheritance and protection of tea intangible cultural heritage, optimize the tea culture supervision and service system, deepen the connotation of tea culture research, and promote the integration of all elements of tea tourism. Besides, we need to strengthen the digital communication of tea culture, and promote the high-quality development of tea culture, thus enhancing the international influence of Chinese tea culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]