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Vincent Mosco

Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Queen's University

Vincent Mosco (PhD Harvard) is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Queen's University where he held the Canada Research Chair in Communication and Society. 

He is also Distinguished Professor of Communication, New Media Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai. 

Vincent is the author or editor of twenty-six books including The Digital Sublime and The Political Economy of Communication. 

His most recent book is The Smart City in a Digital World , published last September. Among his many awards and honours, he was named co-recipient of the 2019 C. Edwin Baker award for Outstanding Scholarship in Media, Markets, and Democracy by the International Communication Association.

He received his BA from Georgetown University and his Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University.