Prof. Dr. Masaaki Ito received his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 2010 and is a professor in the Faculty of Humanities at Seikei University in Japan. His books in Japanese include “Flashmobs” (2011), “Media Studies of Demonstrations” (2012), “The Historical Sociology of the Internet Right” (2019), and “Considering the Flaming Society” (2022).
