TECHNOPHOBIA

Technophobe is a person who fears technology. Technophobia is fear of technology. Technophobia is also called technofear.

Technology and Technophobia: Methods for Overcoming
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how technology can lead to the development of technophobia and how individuals can be helped to overcome their technophobia. Implications for the use of technology in the educational environment will be addressed. - Schwartz, J., Gibson, G., Wilkinson, L., Buboltz, W. & Seemann, E. (2002). Technology and Technophobia: Methods for Overcoming. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2002. Chesapeake, VA: AACE. - editlib.org

Technophobia vs. Technomania - Chamberlin, Leslie J. 
Source: USA Today, v112 n2462 p50-51 Nov 1983 
Abstract: There must be more emphasis on computers in education so that students can function in a sophisticated society and not fall prey to technophobia or technomania. The weaknesses of both extremes and the importance of teachers as role models in teaching students about computers are discussed. - eric.ed.gov

Rx for Technophobia - Kassner, Kirk 
Source: Music Educators Journal, v75 n3 p18-21 Nov 1988 
Abstract: States that teachers' fear of using computers and electronic technology in music education may prevent students from reaching their full potential. Includes suggestions for diagnosis and cure of "technophobia." Suggests that using electronic media to teach music will strengthen teaching and stimulate students' love of music. - eric.ed.gov

An investigation of framing and scaling as confounding variables in information outcomes: The case of technophobia.
Appa Rao Korukonda and Seth Finnb 
Department of Computer Information Systems, College of Business, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Room 240 Sutliff Hall, 400 East Second Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301, USA
Graduate School of Information Systems & Communication, Robert Morris University, 881 Narrows Run Road, Moon Township, PA 15108, USA 
Information Sciences, Volume 155, Issues 1-2 , 1 October 2003, Pages 79-88 
Abstract: Technophobia has been an enduring problem in industrial economies over the last 20 years. Though explanatory models have been proposed to explain the prevalence of technophobia, these efforts have been diffuse, contradictory, and lacking in integration and explanatory and predictive utility. Using technophobia as the background variable, this research examines the role of scaling and framing in organizational research. It is argued that these particular issues, though endemic to research in other areas of social sciences as well, are worthy of exploration in the context of technophobia particularly in light of contradictory findings. - sciencedirect.com

Technophobia then and now - Edgerton, David 
Nature, Volume 376, Issue 6542, pp. 653-654 (1995). 

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