Introduction to technophobia
The obvious way to start a discussion of this nature would be to define technophobia, and who am I do defy convention? The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines technophobia to be:
Pronunciation: tek-n&-'fO-bE-& Function: noun : fear or dislike of advanced technology or complex devices and especially computers[4]
A fear of advanced technology or complex devices. This is an interesting socialogical issue and despite being computing scientists and not sociologists, we are going to try and understand some of the background to technophobia and its effects in society. The rest of this site will cover the following topics.
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