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Technologies) (2003–2011). In 2017 he was awarded by the Université de Montréal the title of "Professor Emeritus"for his exceptional career in teaching and research. During his career, he was invited as "Visiting Scholar" at Stanford University, Harvard University, Leicester university in the United Kingdom, Università di Bologna in Italy and at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.
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In 1986, his research was used by the department of communication of Canada to encourage the CRTC to hold hearings for a new private French television network in Quebec to counteract the growing number of francophone viewers drifting towards
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With regards to cultural impact, he was one of the first in coining the concept in French academia of "Culture Mobile" in 2005 (translation: Mobile Turn), in reference to the ways in which new technology redefines temporal and special societal constraints; an emphasis on the new nomadic identity of
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children in northern Québec. His earlier work contributed to the Québec Office for
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from 1985 to 1991. He is founding
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communication scholar whose research focuses predominantly on young people and media, and the appropriation of emerging technologies in society. Through his books and research projects, he examines social, cultural and policy issues, as well as the overall influence that traditional and new media
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Published in 2013 with co-author Ronald I. Cohen, the book provides an overview of the existing rules and regulations that mediate the use of screens amongst children on an international scale (specifically in Canada, the United States, Australia, the United
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Published in French with co-author Dr. Letizia
Caronia, this book based on 6 years of research with young people explores the ways in which the mobile phone has been adopted in society and our everyday life, particularly in respect to youth, and the subsequent redefinition of social links and
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Co-written with Dr. Letizia
Caronia, it examines how teenagers have creatively adopted mobile phones in their social and cultural lives. This appropriation of cell phones exists as a verbal performance through which young people create culture, and argues that teenagers have domesticated and
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Caronia, L. & Caron, A.H. (2008). Television
Culture and Media Socialization across Countries: Theoretical Issues and Methodological Approaches. In K. Drotner & S. Livingstone (Eds) The International Handbook of Children, Media, and Culture. Sage Publications
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He is known for his long-term quantitative studies and multi-methodological approaches, and has participated in several large-scale international initiatives such as the World Summit on Media and children (Australia, Greece, Sweden).
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In terms of policy impact on children and youth, his work began addressing policy concerns as early as the 1970s, when he published his research on first-time exposure to television and their effects on
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2010 - Premio
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Alongside Dr. James R. Taylor and Dr. Annie Méar he founded the first graduate program for
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To date, he has published numerous books and articles, and contributed to seminal work for the International Handbook for Children, Media and Culture and the Handbook of Child Well-Being.
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Caron, A.H. & Hwang, J. (2014). Analysis of Children's Television Characters and Media Policies. In A. Ben-Arieh (Ed) The Handbook of Child Well-Being. Holland: Springer Netherlands.
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Caron, A.H. & Belanger, P. (1993). A Reception Study of American Television Products in Quebec. J. Libby (ed). Small Nations Big Neighbour. UK: Academic Research Monograph.
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Caron, A.H. (1979). First Time Exposure to Television: Effects on Inuit Children's Cultural Images. Communications Research International Quarterly. 6:2. pp. 135–154.
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a Canadian not for profit organization for digital media literacy (formerly known as Media Awareness Network)], vice-president of the Board of directors of the
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Caron, A.H. & Cohen, R (2013). Regulating Screens: Issues in Broadcasting and Internet Governance for Children. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
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furthers the examination of how governments and non-governmental organizations have been contributing to make television and the Internet safer for children.
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Payne, D. & Caron A.H. (1983). Anglophone Canadian and American Mass Media Use and Effects on Québecois Adults. Communication Research. 9:1. pp113-144.
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Caron, A.H. & Piette, J. (1991). La nécessaire réglementation de la publicité destinée aux enfants. L'état des médias. Paris : La découverte.
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Caron, A.H. & Caronia, L. (2007). Moving Cultures: Mobile Communication in Everyday Life. Montréal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
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Caron, A. H., & Caronia, L. (2005). Culture mobile: les nouvelles pratiques de communication. Presses de l'Université de Montréal.
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2001 – Appointment by the Governor General of Canada to be member of the board of direction for the National Film Board of Canada
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Caron, A.H. & Ward, S. (1975). Gift Decisions by Kids and Parents. Journal of Advertising Research. 15:4. Pp. 15-20.
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