Technophobic
Is the fear or dislike of advanced technology or complex devices, especially computers the term is generally used in the sense of an irrational fear, but others defend that the fears are justified.
Today, technology plays a great role in all of our lives. Yet studies have shown that up to one half the population is "technophobic"--that is, in possession of negative opinions or anxiety when it comes to information technology like personal computers. The impact of gender is examined and the social and cognitive psychological factors underlying technophobia are reviewed and combined into an overall psychological model. 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.
is, in its simplest definition, a strong enthusiasm for technology, especially newer technologies such as computers, the Internet, cell phones and home theater. It is used in sociology when examining the interaction of individuals with their society, especially contrasted with technophobia.
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