Automated Horizons The Digital Revolution in Mobilities

"This book is an epoch-making study to examine the digital revolution, including AI, from the perspective of mobility. It addresses a wide range of themes, such as subjectivity and tourism. Another distinctive feature is its interdisciplinary approach, centered on collaboration between researchers from Australia and Japan."
Katagiri Masataka, Emeritus Professor at Chiba University in Japan

"In this digital era, mobilities are inevitably entangled with automated and algorithmic technologies. This wonderful international collection investigates these intersections with verve, surfacing new ways of thinking about algorithmic modernity."
Deborah Lupton PhD, FASSA, FRSN, FAHMS, Honorary Doctor of Social Science (Copenhagen), Honorary Doctor of Health in the Digital Society (Skövde)

Anthony Elliott is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Adelaide University, where he is Executive Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for Digital Transformations. He is Super-Global Professor of Sociology (Visiting) at Keio University, Japan, and Visiting Professor of Sociology at UCD, Ireland. Professor Elliott is the author and editor of over 50 books, which have been translated or are forthcoming in over 17 languages. His most recent book is Algorithms of Anxiety: Fear in the Digital Age (2024).

Hideki Endo is Professor in the College of Letters at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. He currently serves as Trustee of the Ritsumeikan Trust and Dean of the College of Letters. He is a member of the Editorial Board for Tourism Geographies and served on the Editorial Board of the Asian Journal of Tourism Research, an international academic journal of tourism studies. He has a wide range of research interests in the sociology of tourism and has published numerous books and research articles on various aspects of the sociology of tourism, including ‘authenticity in tourism,’ ‘the tourist gaze and performances,’ and ‘the relationships between tourism and media culture.’ His current research focuses on tourism mobilities, especially the relationships between tourism, mobilities, and the digital revolution.