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	Technophobia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Technophobia is the fear (or hatred) of modern technology and is the opposite of technophilia.
		Most real-life examples of technophobia are sedate, such as people who choose to avoid learning to use a computer, or people who decline to use or obtain cell phones or pagers.
		In addition, the popular and long-running television series Star Trek, which traditionally has been very pro-technology, has capitalised on the mid-1990's onward upsurge in technophobia by increasingly depicting technology as a rampant, overwhelming, and threatening force.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Technophobia (525 words)

	It for women, classes listing, Edu- feature, online education, educational issues in India, History of women's ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Technophobia is the term used to describe any feelings of fear, discomfort, or anxiety towards one or more forms of technology.
		Usually, technophobia is tied to a person's life experience and how he or she was introduced to technology.
		Technophobia is a fear, which must be overcome because in modern society technology can not be avoided.
	www.womenexcel.com /education/comphob.htm (1931 words)

	Technophobia
		Usually, technophobia inflicts the older generation, the generation who hasn't grown up with computer games, complicated acronyms, or even calculators (well, that depends on the age).
		Another thing that they don't like is the fact that they are being taught by those younger than them, either a young adult or maybe even a child, which is the exact opposite of how the usual passing of knowledge system works.
		Since technophobes are fearful of technology because they don't understand it, knowledge takes away what they don't understand, allowing them to use it better, and reduce the feelings of self-doubt that are attributed with trying to learn something new on the computer.
	www.evula.com /reports/technophobia.html (603 words)

	OnTheInternet Magazine Interview: Byting Back: Is Technophobia Keeping You Off the Internet?
		In 1985, she developed the national model Technophobia Reduction Clinic for the U.S. Department of Education and has been studying and treating technological discomfort for the past 10 years.
		Weil and Rosen to determine exactly what technophobia is; how it transcends age, gender, and cultural barriers; and what can be done to overcome it.
		MW: In general, technophobes don't let on, because one of the universal aspects of technophobia is that you feel as if you're the only one feeling this way and so you don't let on because you think you'll appear foolish, or that you'll embarrass yourself, or that people will think less of you.
	www.csudh.edu /psych/OTI.htm (5446 words)

	TECHNOPHOBIA: Treatment and Hope
		To add insult to an already distressing condition, most technophobia therapies take months or years and sometimes even require the patient to be exposed repeatedly to their fear.
		technophobia will likely cost you tens, even hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of your lifetime, let alone the cost to your health and quality of life.
		1: technophobia: a persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of technology or computers, despite the understanding by the phobic individual and reassurance by others that there is no danger.
	www.changethatsrightnow.com /problem_detail.asp?SDID=679:1879 (1382 words)

	Technophobia is Conquerable
		In a world where an overdose of technology is considered normal and healthy, the idea of technophobia, fear of computers and related technologies, sounds almost alien and unnatural.
		Technophobia, like other phobias, is fear or intense dislike, for technology.
		We are only now beginning to comprehend the existence of this phenomenon and its far-reaching consequences on individuals, organizations and even entire societies by minimizing their ability to reap the rich rewards of technology.
	www.studentaffairs.com /ejournal/Winter_2001/technophobia.html (811 words)

	Technophobia Defined
		The question of what technophobia, and more specifically cyberphobia is, must first be addressed before further considerations surrounding seniors’ attitudes towards computers can be made.
		Cyberphobia is thus and important concept to recognize since it relates to technophobia in so far that computers are part and parcel of the technological advances of the Information Age.
		The fact that seniors are the largest group who suffers from technophobia is a dangerous claim to make since little is known regarding seniors attitudes at the multidimensional level, as well as "the extent to which different attitude dimensions are affected by experience with computers (Jay and Willis, 1992:251).
	socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca /soc/courses/soc4jj3_99/stuweb/gp4/g4techno.htm (546 words)

	Free Essays - Technophobia
		Technophobia, is quickly becoming a serious impediment to personal development.
		Technophobia today presents with a slight variation on the theme.
		One of the largest contributors to Technophobia may be the personal computer.
	www.freeessays.tv /a361.htm (580 words)

	International Study of Technological Sophistication and Technophobia in 23 Countries
		Technophobia was assessed by instruments measuring computer anxiety, computer cognitions and computer attitudes.
		Gender was correlated with technophobia for 12 countries with 8 showing males as less technophobic and 4 showing the reverse.
		Overall, a simple two-dimensional function, using computer/technology experience and technophobia, was sufficient to discriminate clear subgroups of countries.
	www.technostress.com /Intlstudy.htm (1216 words)

	Quizbowl :: View topic - Technophobia Discussion or Monologue, Really
		Technophobia's distribution has become the distribution I would most like to play on, and I was very happy to finally have a chance to play on Technophobia packets.
		Generally, Technophobia has been the quizbowl highlight of my fall quarter and I'd like to (but probably won't, as God willing I won't be around the West Coast any more) see it re-take that torch from my new favorite, by default, ACF Fall.
		Much like this year's Technophobia, Ghetto Warz was run by people who had little to no experience editing questions; on top of that, neither school had submitted packets to previous tournaments that year that could have been considered decent in an unedited form.
	www.hsquizbowl.org /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=26954#26954 (8301 words)

	InTechnology - Support - TechnoPhobia Case Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Although TechnoPhobia had the technical and staffing capabilities for hosting services in-house, this was not practical, mainly because of the major investment in infrastructure required.
		TechnoPhobia took the decision to partner with InTechnology and has taken space in the Harrogate Data Centre, benefiting from AIP services from InTechnology, gaining the all-important 24/7 infrastructure which is needed to underpin modern solutions with heavy storage and hosting demands.
		Both TechnoPhobia and their major clients in financial services and other industries can be confident of the reliability and security of their e-commerce activities and website operations.
	www.intechnology.co.uk /intech_CMS/support.asp?id=83 (602 words)

	Adult and Teenage Use of Consumer, Business, and Entertainment Technology: Potholes on the Information Superhighway?: ...
		In addition, the composite technophobia measure was the most important discriminator for three popular consumer items (alarm clock, digital watch, and calculator) and was an important discriminator for all others (except car stereo and 35mm camera where it appeared in the equation, but was no longer significant when entered last).
		Technophobia appeared in six equations but only in two equations did it have a beta weight that was at least half the size of the leading discriminator and in most it was no longer significant when entered after all other variables.
		Although technophobia was the most important discriminator between which adults did and did not use technology, it was an important predictor for fewer than half the forms of technology for teenagers.
	www.csudh.edu /psych/jca.html (7553 words)

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		He stated that the higher levels of technophobia among women and older people are simply the result of less exposure to technology.
		Technostress and technophobia is preventing many customers, employees, teachers, and students from using technology at the mall, workplace, and classroom.
		Further research needs to be conducted to identify effective methods of dealing with technostress and technophobia and must be recognized as a serious problem in the home, workplace, and school.
	edtech.boisestate.edu /educ583/Week8/stress.doc (1613 words)

	Amazon.com: Technophobia: Books: Mark Brosnan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Techniques for reducing technophobia are discussed, and the effect of technophobia on everyone from school children to teenagers is analyzed.
		Technophobia will be useful both for academic study of the area, and for those devising IT policy in schools, business and government.
		This book is for two kinds of people: 1) researchers and students who are interested in technophobia in an academical sense 2) people who are in charge of designing the use of computers in public places like schools, libraries, educational and other public services.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0415135974?v=glance (803 words)

	TechnoPhobia : News
		TechnoPhobia is partnering with Plain English Campaign to launch a pioneering initiative to promote user-friendly websites.
		Both Plain English Campaign and TechnoPhobia are keen to make sure that accessibility and usability are central considerations in the structure, content and presentation of websites.
		TechnoPhobia Co-founder Pip Thorne sees Plain English Campaign's approach to improving accessibility as a progression from the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) efforts to improve technical standards: "There is no real weight being thrown behind introducing standards for making content easy to understand.
	www.technophobia.com /news/index.php?year=2004&month=10&id=120 (267 words)

	ESR \| July 19, 2004 \| The advocates of technophobia
		What it did for me, however, was to illuminate the many ways technophobia is still widely advocated by many environmental and other pseudo-scientific organizations.
		The same fears that earlier generations held concerning the introduction of new technologies are alive and well today, fanned constantly by those who oppose everything from irradiated meat, the extraction and use of petrochemicals, cellular phones, and, yes, even electrical transmission lines.
		The technophobia that troubled people who were fearful of the use of electricity to light the darkness is with us still.
	www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0704/0704technophobia.htm (865 words)

	BBC News \| Technophobia \| Is technology taking over the world?
		Even if you can tell one end of photocopier from the other, chances are that you will know someone who breaks out in a cold sweat at even a mention of the word "computer".
		Increasing numbers of people are finding themselves without a clue when it comes to modern technology and often they are helpless victims of "technophobia", unable to even program their video recorder.
		Some people think that technophobia is entirely age related and if you were born the right side of 1970 you should have no problems.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/special_report/for_christmas/_new_year/technophobia/41853.stm (940 words)

	Qualsys EQMS - Technophobia Hosting Service
		TechnoPhobia’s hosting technologies are housed in a state-of-the-art hosting centre containing: monitored n+1 control, manned external security 24/7/365 with CCTV, monitoring of all internal data centre common areas with CCTV, HSSD fire detection system, industrial standard gas based fire suppression system.
		TechnoPhobia's managed dedicated server rental operation is a hosting service using servers that are reserved for exclusive use.
		TechnoPhobia's managed virtual server space solution is a hosting service using servers and applications that are shared amongst several Clients.
	www.qualsys.co.uk /hosting.htm (372 words)

	Introduction to This Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Technophobia is a common phenomenon, exemplified by the stereotypical example of the senior citizen who refuses to use a word processor and does his/her typing on a manual typewriter instead.
		Technophobia can be categorized very generally: It affects the old more than the young, females over males, minorities over whites, and the poor over the rich.
		In many cases, it is simply e fear of the unknown.
	www.duke.edu /eng169s2/group4/bigtree/fatpap.htm (458 words)

	Rediff Guide to the Net: Features: Do You Suffer From Technophobia?
		It is an acknowledged medical condition that could arise on account of health doubts, privacy threats, and conflicts with religious or moral values.
		If someone you know breaks into a sweat the minute a computer is switched on, it could mean technophobia.
		Doctors say that 'technostress' may also be directly related to technophobia, adding that children and older adults are usually the sufferers.
	www.rediff.com /search/2001/dec/24techno.htm (400 words)

	TechnoPhobia : Home : A New Media Age Top 100 Interactive Agency
		TechnoPhobia are proud to announce the capture of three huge new clients.
		The BBC has chosen TechnoPhobia to champion an innovative new project after winning over the judges in the first ever Innovation Labs
		Sheffield e:business specialists TechnoPhobia have launched a competition for local registered charities.
	www.technophobia.com (187 words)

	Technophobia@LordOfTheMoon
		This is an interesting socialogical issue and despite being computing scientists and not sociologists, we are going to try and understand some of the background to technophobia and its effects in society.
		Computer related injuries Although not strictly technophobia related, this is still an important area especially since computing related injuries can result in a lifelong fear or dislike of technology
		Technophilia In the interests of fairness, the opposite of technophobia should be discussed to some degree as well
	lordofthemoon.com /computing/techno/index.phtml (224 words)

	Exploring 'Technophobia'.
		In order to continue searching for the term technophobia, exploring the Connected Earth website is likely to help you.
		The experience is a completely multi-media one, allowing you to switch between straightforward descriptions, more in-depth exploration, 3D pictures of artefacts, written or spoken stories from those who used to work in the telecommunications industry, short movies, and simple explanations or interactive animations of the way in which things work.
		Connected Earth is the right place to carry out your investigation of the subject technophobia.
	www.connected-earth.com /content/technophobia_online.html (282 words)

	12 Learning Interventions That Combat Technophobia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Technophobia is intensified when an instructor stands in front of a passive learning group and rapidly clicks his or her mouse, selects menus, and whizzes from screen to screen remarking to the group, "See?
		Isn't this easy?" Users need hands-on time to practice and play with the technology from the start because it reduces anxiety and builds confidence and motivation to learn.
		By reducing workplace technophobia, you'll be well on your way to more effective technology implementation and use.
	www.learningcircuits.org /2000/mar2000/mar2000_elearn.html (1240 words)

	Technophobia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One possible reaction to technological progress is techno phobia, which is the term used to characterize the aversion or anxiety caused by technology.
		In Hal Hellmann's book, technophobia is defined as "fear of technology, fear of science, fear of change in general."
		Any discussion of technophobia should include the subject of Luddism.
	www.zonalatina.com /Zldata271.htm (972 words)

	AJET 5(1): Campion (1989) - technophilia and technophobia
		Technophilia and Technophobia - this pair of concepts are closely related to the notions of cyberphilia and cyberphobia presented in a pair of articles represented in the work edited by Van Tassel and Van Tassel (wrege, l983) entitled The Compleat Computer.
		Badham (1984, p.62) refers to the pair of concepts technocratic and technophobic, however whilst the former term is common in contemporary usage it misleadingly, in my view, suggests that reason supports those who favour technology where emotion or perhaps a lack of reason motivates those who fear, or are opposed to technology.
		Again it seems to me that the pair of terms technophilia and technophobia reveal in a more evenly balanced fashion the possibly irrational basis of both commitments.
	www.ascilite.org.au /ajet/ajet5/campion.html (4636 words)

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