André H. Caron CM[1] is a Canadian 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 have on family and the lives of children and youth.
[3] His earlier work contributed to the Québec Office for Consumer Protection's proposal for legislation regulating the role and influence of media advertising targeted at children (1978).
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).
This appropriation of cell phones exists as a verbal performance through which young people create culture, and argues that teenagers have domesticated and reinterpreted this technology.