André Mondoux, Ph.D. (sociology) is a full professor at the École des médias, UQAM, director of the Journalism and Digital Media program unit, head of the Digital Media program, head of the Socio-digital Media concentration at the Master's level, director of the Groupe de recherche sur l'information et la surveillance au quotidien (GRISQ) and a founding member of the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la communication, l'information et la société (CRICIS).