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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teunofobia" title="Teunofobia – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Teunofobia" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texnofobiya" title="Texnofobiya – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Texnofobiya" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Технофобия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Технофобия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecnof%C3%B2bia" title="Tecnofòbia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Tecnofòbia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technofobie" title="Technofobie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Technofobie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technophobie" title="Technophobie – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Technophobie" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es 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data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timor_technologiae" title="Timor technologiae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Timor technologiae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technofobija" title="Technofobija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Technofobija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technof%C3%B3bia" title="Technofóbia – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Technofóbia" 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Fear or discomfort with advanced technology</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MacBook_With_Technophobia_Page.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/MacBook_With_Technophobia_Page.jpg/240px-MacBook_With_Technophobia_Page.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/MacBook_With_Technophobia_Page.jpg/360px-MacBook_With_Technophobia_Page.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/MacBook_With_Technophobia_Page.jpg/480px-MacBook_With_Technophobia_Page.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3386" data-file-height="2490" /></a><figcaption>Computers, among many other technologies, are feared by technophobes.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Technophobia</b> (from <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> τέχνη <i>technē</i>, "art, skill, craft"<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and φόβος <i>phobos</i>, "fear"<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), also known as <b>technofear</b>, is the fear or dislike of, or discomfort with, advanced <a href="/wiki/Technology" title="Technology">technology</a> or complex devices, especially <a href="/wiki/Personal_computers" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal computers">personal computers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smartphones" class="mw-redirect" title="Smartphones">smartphones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tablet_computers" class="mw-redirect" title="Tablet computers">tablet computers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dic_defs_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dic_defs-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although there are numerous interpretations of technophobia, they become more complex as technology continues to evolve. The term is generally used in the sense of an irrational fear, but others contend fears are justified. It is the opposite of <a href="/wiki/Technophilia" title="Technophilia">technophilia</a>. </p><p>Larry Rosen, a <a href="/wiki/Research_psychologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Research psychologist">research psychologist</a>, computer educator, and professor at <a href="/wiki/California_State_University,_Dominguez_Hills" title="California State University, Dominguez Hills">California State University, Dominguez Hills</a>, suggests that there are three dominant subcategories of technophobes – the "uncomfortable users", the "cognitive computerphobes", and "anxious computerphobes".<sup id="cite_ref-Technophobia_Journal_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Technophobia_Journal-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> First receiving widespread notice during the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a>, technophobia has been observed to affect various societies and communities throughout the world. This has caused some groups to take stances against some modern technological developments in order to preserve their ideologies. In some of these cases, the new technologies conflict with established beliefs, such as the personal values of simplicity and modest lifestyles. </p><p>Examples of technophobic ideas can be found in multiple forms of art, ranging from literary works such as <i><a href="/wiki/Frankenstein" title="Frankenstein">Frankenstein</a></i> to films like <i><a href="/wiki/The_Terminator" title="The Terminator">The Terminator</a></i>. Many of these works portray a darker side to technology, as perceived by those who are technophobic. As technologies become increasingly complex and difficult to understand, people are more likely to harbor anxieties relating to their use of modern technologies. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prevalence">Prevalence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Technophobia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Prevalence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A study published in the journal <i><a href="/wiki/Computers_in_Human_Behavior" title="Computers in Human Behavior">Computers in Human Behavior</a></i> was conducted between 1992 and 1994 surveying first-year college students across various countries.<sup id="cite_ref-studentstudy_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-studentstudy-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The overall percentage of the 3,392<sup id="cite_ref-W&R_table-2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-W&R_table-2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> students who responded with high-level technophobic fears was 29%.<sup id="cite_ref-W&R_table-2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-W&R_table-2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In comparison, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> had 58% high-level technophobes and <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> had 53%.<sup id="cite_ref-W&R_table-2_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-W&R_table-2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A published report in 2000 stated that roughly 85–90% of new employees at an organization may be uncomfortable with new technology, and are technophobic to some degree.<sup id="cite_ref-orgstudy_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orgstudy-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Technophobia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Technophobia began to gain attention as a movement in England with the dawn of the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a>. With the development of new machines able to do the work of skilled craftsmen using unskilled, low-wage labor, those who worked a trade began to fear for their livelihoods. In 1675, a group of weavers destroyed machines that replaced their jobs. By 1727, the destruction had become so prevalent that <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_England" title="Parliament of England">Parliament</a> made the demolition of machines a capital offense. This action, however, did not stop the tide of violence. The <a href="/wiki/Luddites" class="mw-redirect" title="Luddites">Luddites</a>, a group of anti-technology workers, united under the name "Ludd" in March 1811, removing key components from knitting frames, raiding houses for supplies, and petitioning for trade rights while threatening greater violence. Poor harvests and food riots lent aid to their cause by creating a restless and agitated population for them to draw supporters from.<sup id="cite_ref-lud_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lud-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 19th century was also the beginning of modern science, with the work of <a href="/wiki/Louis_Pasteur" title="Louis Pasteur">Louis Pasteur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Darwin" title="Charles Darwin">Charles Darwin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gregor_Mendel" title="Gregor Mendel">Gregor Mendel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Faraday" title="Michael Faraday">Michael Faraday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henri_Becquerel" title="Henri Becquerel">Henri Becquerel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Marie_Curie" title="Marie Curie">Marie Curie</a>, and inventors such as <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" title="Nikola Tesla">Nikola Tesla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Edison" title="Thomas Edison">Thomas Edison</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell" title="Alexander Graham Bell">Alexander Graham Bell</a>. The world was changing rapidly, too rapidly for many, who feared the changes taking place and longed for a simpler time. The <a href="/wiki/Romantic_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Romantic movement">Romantic movement</a> exemplified these feelings. Romantics tended to believe in imagination over reason, the "organic" over the mechanical, and a longing for a simpler, more <a href="/wiki/Pastoral" title="Pastoral">pastoral</a> time. Poets like <a href="/wiki/William_Wordsworth" title="William Wordsworth">William Wordsworth</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Blake" title="William Blake">William Blake</a> believed that the technological changes that were taking place as a part of the industrial revolution were polluting their cherished view of nature as being perfect and pure.<sup id="cite_ref-romanticism_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-romanticism-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, a fear of technology continued to grow, catalyzed by the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</a>. With <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_proliferation" title="Nuclear proliferation">nuclear proliferation</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, people began to wonder what would become of the world now that humanity had the power to manipulate it to the point of destruction. Corporate production of war technologies such as napalm, explosives, and gases during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> further undermined public confidence in technology's worth and purpose.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the post-WWII era, <a href="/wiki/Environmentalism" title="Environmentalism">environmentalism</a> also took off as a movement. The first international air pollution conference was held in 1955, and in the 1960s, investigations into the lead content of gasoline sparked outrage among environmentalists. In the 1980s, the depletion of the ozone layer and the threat of <a href="/wiki/Global_warming" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming">global warming</a> began to be taken more seriously.<sup id="cite_ref-environment_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-environment-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Luddites">Luddites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Technophobia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Luddites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Luddites" class="mw-redirect" title="Luddites">Luddites</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Luddite.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Luddite.jpg/160px-Luddite.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Luddite.jpg/240px-Luddite.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Luddite.jpg/320px-Luddite.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3021" data-file-height="3988" /></a><figcaption><i>The Leader of the Luddites</i>, engraving of 1812</figcaption></figure> <p>Several societal groups are considered technophobic, the most recognisable of which are the Luddites. Many technophobic groups revolt against modern technology because of their beliefs that these technologies are threatening their ways of life and livelihoods.<sup id="cite_ref-Jobs_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jobs-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Luddites were a <a href="/wiki/Social_movement" title="Social movement">social movement</a> of British artisans in the 19th century who organized in opposition to technological advances in the textile industry.<sup id="cite_ref-lud_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lud-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These advances replaced many skilled textile artisans with comparatively unskilled machine operators. The 19th century British Luddites rejected new technologies that impacted the structure of their established trades, or the general nature of the work itself. </p><p>Resistance to new technologies did not occur when the newly adopted technology aided the work process without making significant changes to it. The British Luddites protested the application of the machines, rather than the invention of the machine itself. They argued that their labor was a crucial part of the economy, and considered the skills they possessed to complete their labor as property that needed protection from the destruction caused by the autonomy of machines.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Use_of_modern_technologies_among_Old_Order_Anabaptists">Use of modern technologies among Old Order Anabaptists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Technophobia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Use of modern technologies among Old Order Anabaptists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Groups considered by some people to be technophobic are the <a href="/wiki/Amish" title="Amish">Amish</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Old_Order_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Order Movement">Old Order Anabaptists</a>. The Amish follow a set of moral codes outlined in the <a href="/wiki/Ordnung" title="Ordnung">Ordnung</a>, which rejects the use of certain forms of technology for personal use. <a href="/wiki/Donald_Kraybill" title="Donald Kraybill">Donald B. Kraybill</a>, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner and <a href="/wiki/Steven_Nolt" title="Steven Nolt">Steven M. Nolt</a> state in their book <i>The Amish</i>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>More significantly the Amish <i>modify</i> and <i>adapt</i> technology in creative ways to fit their cultural values and social goals. Amish technologies are diverse, complicated and ever-changing.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>What the Amish do, is selective use of modern technologies in order to maintain their belief and culture.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technophobia_in_arts">Technophobia in arts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Technophobia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Technophobia in arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frankenstein%27s_monster_(Boris_Karloff).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Frankenstein%27s_monster_%28Boris_Karloff%29.jpg/220px-Frankenstein%27s_monster_%28Boris_Karloff%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Frankenstein%27s_monster_%28Boris_Karloff%29.jpg/330px-Frankenstein%27s_monster_%28Boris_Karloff%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Frankenstein%27s_monster_%28Boris_Karloff%29.jpg/440px-Frankenstein%27s_monster_%28Boris_Karloff%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1194" data-file-height="1499" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Frankenstein" title="Frankenstein">Frankenstein's Monster</a></i> is often considered to be an early example of technophobic ideas in art.</figcaption></figure> <p>An early example of technophobia in fiction and popular culture is <a href="/wiki/Mary_Shelley" title="Mary Shelley">Mary Shelley</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Frankenstein" title="Frankenstein">Frankenstein</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 1960 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)" title="The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)">The Twilight Zone</a></i> called "<a href="/wiki/A_Thing_About_Machines" title="A Thing About Machines">A Thing About Machines</a>" deals with a man's hatred for modern things such as electric razors, televisions, electric typewriters and clocks.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Technophobia achieved commercial success in the 1980s with the movie <i><a href="/wiki/The_Terminator" title="The Terminator">The Terminator</a></i>, in which a computer becomes self-aware, and decides to kill all humans.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shows such as <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> have tackled the issue of technophobia – most specifically in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Robots_of_Death" title="The Robots of Death">The Robots of Death</a>", with a character displaying a great fear of robots due to their lack of body language, described by the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Doctor" title="Fourth Doctor">Fourth Doctor</a> as giving them the appearance of "<a href="/wiki/Uncanny_valley" title="Uncanny valley">dead men walking</a>". Series consultant <a href="/wiki/Kit_Pedler" title="Kit Pedler">Kit Pedler</a> also used this fear as a basis for the inspiration of classic <i>Doctor Who</i> monsters the <a href="/wiki/Cybermen" class="mw-redirect" title="Cybermen">Cybermen</a>, with the creatures being inspired by his own fear of <a href="/wiki/Artificial_limbs" class="mw-redirect" title="Artificial limbs">artificial limbs</a> becoming so common that it would become impossible to know when someone had stopped being a man and become simply a machine. <i><a href="/wiki/Virtuosity" title="Virtuosity">Virtuosity</a></i> speaks of a virtual serial killer who manages to escape to the real world. He goes on a rampage before he is inevitably stopped. This is a true technophobic movie in that its main plot is about technology gone wrong. It introduces a killer who blatantly destroys people.<sup id="cite_ref-scifi_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scifi-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Avatar_(2009_film)" title="Avatar (2009 film)"><i>Avatar</i></a> is exemplary of technology's hold on humans who are empowered by it and visually demonstrates the amount of terror it instills upon those native to the concept. It enforces the notion that foreign creatures from Pandora are not only frightened by technology, but it is something they loathe; its potential to cause destruction could exceed their very existence. In contrast, the film itself used advanced technology such as the <a href="/wiki/Stereoscope" title="Stereoscope">stereoscope</a> in order to give viewers the illusion of physically taking part in an experience that would introduce them to a civilization struggling with technophobia.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Technophobia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output 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phobias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minimalism#Minimalist_lifestyle" title="Minimalism">Minimalism in philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neo-Luddism" title="Neo-Luddism">Neo-Luddism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mennonites" title="Mennonites">Mennonites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Back_to_the_land_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Back to the land movement">Back to the land movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NIMBY" title="NIMBY">NIMBY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radical_environmentalism" title="Radical environmentalism">Radical environmentalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reactionary" title="Reactionary">Reactionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technophilia" title="Technophilia">Technophilia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technostress" title="Technostress">Technostress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski" title="Ted Kaczynski">Ted Kaczynski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uncanny_valley" title="Uncanny valley">Uncanny valley</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/technophobia">"Definition of "Technophobia"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. Dictionary.reference.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-07-29</span></span>. <q><br /><span class="nowrap">   </span>(1) tech·no·pho·bi·a (těk'nə-fō'bē-ə) n. <b>Fear of or aversion to technology, especially computers and high technology.</b> -Related forms: tech'no·phobe' n., tech'no·pho'bic (-fō'bĭk) adj."— (American Heritage Dictionary)<br /> <span class="nowrap">   </span>(2) "tech·no·pho·bi·a <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span> - Show Spelled Pronunciation [tek-nuh-foh-bee-uh] –noun <b>abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.</b> [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.)</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Definition+of+%22Technophobia%22&rft.pub=Dictionary.reference.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fbrowse%2Ftechnophobia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATechnophobia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Technophobia_Journal-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Technophobia_Journal_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gilbert, David, Liz Lee-Kelley, and Maya Barton. "Technophobia, gender influences and consumer decision-making for technology-related products." European Journal of Innovation Management 6.4 (2003): pp. 253–263. Print.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-studentstudy-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-studentstudy_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeilRosen1995" class="citation journal cs1">Weil, Michelle M.; Rosen, Larry D. (1995). "A Study of Technological Sophistication and Technophobia in University Students From 23 Countries". <i>Computers in Human Behavior</i>. <b>11</b> (1): 95–133. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0747-5632%2894%2900026-E">10.1016/0747-5632(94)00026-E</a>. <q>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.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Computers+in+Human+Behavior&rft.atitle=A+Study+of+Technological+Sophistication+and+Technophobia+in+University+Students+From+23+Countries&rft.volume=11&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=95-133&rft.date=1995&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2F0747-5632%2894%2900026-E&rft.aulast=Weil&rft.aufirst=Michelle+M.&rft.au=Rosen%2C+Larry+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATechnophobia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-W&R_table-2-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-W&R_table-2_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-W&R_table-2_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-W&R_table-2_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeilRosen1995" class="citation journal cs1">Weil, Michelle M.; Rosen, Larry D. 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Percentage of Students in each country who possessed high levels of technophobia</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Computers+in+Human+Behavior&rft.atitle=A+Study+of+Technological+Sophistication+and+Technophobia+in+University+Students+From+23+Countries&rft.volume=11&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=95-133&rft.date=1995&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2F0747-5632%2894%2900026-E&rft.aulast=Weil&rft.aufirst=Michelle+M.&rft.au=Rosen%2C+Larry+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATechnophobia" class="Z3988"></span>; 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 (US, Yugoslavia – Croatia, Singapore, Israel and Hungary). 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(1998) Technophobia: The psychological impact of information technology. Routledge.</li> <li>Dan Dinello <i>Technophobia: Science Fiction Visions of Posthuman Technology</i></li> <li>"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://environmentalhistory.org/">Environmental History Timeline</a>." 20 July 2008.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Technophobia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/16px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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