Technophobia
Technophobia (from ancient Greek τέχνη technē , German 'art, ability, skill' and ancient Greek φόβος phobos , German 'fear' ), also called Technology related anxiety (TRA) is the fear (or strong rejection) of technology , complex devices and especially computers too . Technophobia has been a well-known phenomenon since the Industrial Revolution and occurs more and more in absolute terms as the complexity of technology increases in today's world. The opposite of technophobia is technophilia .
Technophobia is and has been taken up and thematized by artists in many cases, e. B. in Frankenstein or the film Metropolis .
A historical example of technophobia is Luddism .
Selective use of technology among Anabaptist groups
Today's Anabaptist groups of German origin in North, Central and South America, such as the old-order Amish, old-order Mennonites , old colonial Mennonites and the like are by no means technophobic, but evaluate technologies according to whether they are beneficial to their community or not. Only when it has been shown that a technology is useful for your community on the one hand and does not endanger the cohesion of the community on the other hand, will it be adopted. Amish and similar groups have even developed new technologies of their own to evade the dangers of other technologies.
Television in particular is perceived as a danger, as well as radio, telephone and internet. Since all of these technologies rely on electricity as a source of energy, there is a tendency to reject everything that is based on electricity, in order not to offer a gateway for the technologies mentioned above. Alternatively, compressed air has been developed into a technology that can be used to operate many machines and household appliances, such as washing machines and woodworking tools.
Cars, for example, are rejected by the Amish and most of the old-order Mennonites because they greatly expand people's range of motion and thus weaken the strong relationship to their own community. Conservative Russian Mennonites in Latin America and many Mennonites of the old order allow tractors, but only with steel tires, in order to limit the radius of movement of the members of their own community. The Hutterites , because of their community property much better control the use of their view harmful technologies, which is why there are modern among them essentially only limitations communication technologies such as television and the Internet.
The idea that the above groups reject modern technology because of technophobia is based on ignorance.
frequency
For a study between 1992 and 1994 university students in different countries were interviewed. Overall, among 3,392 US students surveyed, a proportion of 29% with strong technophobias was found. For comparison, there were 58% technophobes in Japan , 82% in India and 53% in Mexico .
A report published in 2000 found that 85 to 90 percent of new employees at an organization were unfamiliar with new technology and were to some extent technophobic.
See also
credentials
- ↑ See Technology related anxiety-the deepest contributor to stress .
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↑ Definition of "Technophobia" . Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2008: “(1) tech no pho bi a (těk'nə-fō'bē-ə) n. Fear of or aversion to technology, especially computers and high technology. -Related forms: tech'no · phobe 'n., Tech'no · pho'bic (-fō'bĭk) adj. "- (American Heritage Dictionary)
(2)" tech · no · pho · bi · a ˌtɛknəˈfoʊbiə - Show Spelled Pronunciation [tek-nuh-foh-bee-uh] –noun abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology. [Origin: 1960-65; techno- + -phobia] —Related forms: tech · no · phobe, noun - (Dictionary.com unabridged (v1.1) based on the Random House unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.) " - ↑ Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner and Steven M. Nolt: The Amish , Baltimore 2013, p. 313.
- ^ Look Who's Talking - an article about the selective use of technologies among the Amish.
- ↑ Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner and Steven M. Nolt: The Amish , Baltimore 2013, p. 313.
- ↑ Donald B. Kraybill: The Riddle of Amish Culture Baltimore 2001, p. 188.
- ^ Matthieu Guitton: Computers in Human Behavior Elsevier, accessed July 5, 2018.
- ↑ Michelle M. Weil, Larry D. Rosen: A Study of Technological Sophistication and Technophobia in University Students From 23 Countries . In: Computers in human behavior . 11, No. 1, 1995, pp. 95-133. doi : 10.1016 / 0747-5632 (94) 00026-E . "Over a two-year period, from 1992-1994, data were collected from 3,392 first year university students in 38 universities from 23 countries on their level of technological sophistication and level of technophobia. Technological sophistication was measured by the use of consumer technology ( video-cassette recorders , microwave ovens , automated banking , computer / video games), university computing (classroom computer use, word processing experience, programming experience and use of library computers) and computer ownership . Technophobia was assessed by instruments measuring computer anxiety , computer cognitions and computer attitudes. "
- ↑ a b c Michelle M. Weil, Larry D. Rosen: A Study of Technological Sophistication and Technophobia in University Students From 23 Countries . In: Computers in human behavior . 11, No. 1, 1995, pp. 95-133. doi : 10.1016 / 0747-5632 (94) 00026-E . "Table 2. Percentage of Students in each country who possessed high levels of technophobia" " ; several points are worth noting from Table 2. First, a group of countries including Indonesia, Poland, India, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Mexico and Thailand show large percentages (over 50%) of technophobic students. In contrast, there are five countries which show under 30% technophobes (USA, Yugoslavia - Croatia, Singapore, Israel and Hungary). The remaining countries were in between these two groupings.
- ^ Index - Learning Circuits - ASTD . Learning Circuits. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
