Current Proceedings on Technology

Yazarlar: Yashar Salamzadeh, Ali Reza Mirakhori, Leila Mobaraki, Hassan Zabeti Targhi

Konular:-

Anahtar Kelimeler:Technophobia,Technology,Academics,Qualitative research

Özet: Nowadays technology is of great importance in our daily lives. By the way, it has had some difficulties as well. One of these problems is known to be technophobia. It can be described as some fear, negative thinking or reluctance to use advanced technologies. The present article has reviewed the affective factors on technophobia among the academicians. The research is a qualitative study one and the statistical population includes the university lecturers and higher education students. It all refers back to this group’s constant use of technology and their acceptance or rejection of the technology which broadly affects the society’s use of technology. In this research, a number of university lecturers and students were chosen randomly and some semi-structured interviews were conducted. Qualitative content analysis is employed for analyzing the data. The findings of the research show that the 14 variables (lack of individual skills, lack of communication skills, personality, perceived complexity of use, perceived uselessness, ethical problems, cultural influences, norms, habits change, general change in technology trend, law and regulation, lack of training, age and experience) have an impact on technophobia in Iranian universities. Finally, the results are presented using a schematic model in order to comprehend this paper better.

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