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A Darker Side of Hypermobility
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A Darker Side of Hypermobility

Scott A. Cohen and Stefan Gössling
SAGE Publications, 2015
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Today, traveling around the world and recording that experience have become status symbols in many societies. People seeing Instagram or Facebook pictures of people working or vacationing in exotic locations desire a similar lifestyle. Researchers Scott A. Cohen and Stefan Gössling discuss the mechanisms that depict “hypermobility” as glamorous. They offset this alluring portrayal by detailing the negative consequences of frequent travel. While the authors’ critical review of the downside of business travel provides practical insight in this often ignored problem, their writing is fairly academic and a bit repetitive. Nonetheless, getAbstract recommends this new perspective on the topic to business travelers, their bosses and their spouses.

Take-Aways

  • With modern societies and various forms of media glamorizing frequent travel for business and pleasure, “hypermobility” has become an indicator of people’s social status and expression of their “social identities.”
  • Different aspects of hypermobility, such as the frequency of travel and the mode of transport, signify a person’s overall “network capital” – “the power to be mobile and cultivate global networks.”
  • Despite this glorification, hypermobility has various negative physiological and psychological side effects, such as jet lag and a sense of disorientation.

About the Authors

Scott A. Cohen is a researcher on sustainable mobility and hypermobility at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. Stefan Gössling works at Lund University’s department of service management in Sweden.

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