First of all, it is important to thank the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQSC) for their financial support, without which the collaborations developed in Quebec, Canada and internationally between several of the authors of this book and the conference that hosted the vast majority of them could not have taken place.

I would also like to express my sincere thanks to the people who contributed to the production of this book: Oumar Kane, Associate Professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), member of the Executive Committee of the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la communication, l’information et la société (CRICIS); Michel Sénécal, Full Professor at the Université TÉLUQ, member of the Executive Committee of CRICIS; Lena Hübner, doctoral candidate in communication studies at UQAM in charge of CRICIS’ scientific activities, who evaluated texts; Karelle Arsenault, doctoral candidate in communication studies at UQAM, who performed the systematic review of all texts and made the preparatory layout; and Siavash Rokni, doctoral student in communication studies at UQAM, who proofread this book.

Acknowledgments written by Éric GEORGE.