The plot of Stephen King’s “Cell” — cell phones scrambling human brains like a skilletful of eggs — probably came as no surprise to Daniel Dinello, Chicago-based filmmaker and film studies professor ...
The fear of technology has been around for as long as technology itself, and like technology itself, this fear is always changing. There is evidence of “technophobia” — the technical name for this ...
In a 1990 Harris Poll study of American opinion, 79% of respondents said they were concerned about threats to personal privacy. The big issue back then? Caller ID. When we recently posed that same ...
IMGCAP(1)] Technophobia, known to non-clinical types simply as a fear of technology, is throttling the potential of many CPAs and CFOs. More technically defined as “the abnormal fear or anxiety about ...
From telecommunications and transportation to healthcare and entertainment, cutting-edge technology serves society well. But not when it comes to food. Oh no. We don't want technology anywhere near ...
This is the first of three blog posts that I will be writing on Geriatric Technophobia. This post will introduce the topic, the next one will explore the consequences of Geriatric Technophobia, and ...
My first blog in this area defined technophobia as “the fear or dislike of advanced technology or complex devices, especially computers.” The blog provided statistics revealing how much more prevalent ...
'Child's Play,' this latest interpretation of Chucky, taps into contemporary technophobia more than the original 1988 film. By Richard Newby Chucky’s back and he wants to play. This morning the ...