Tara Abatemarco provides this link on "Technophobia and Technostress": "This [site] not only has interesting facts about technophobia and what they have dubbed "technostress," but it actually can help people to overcome their fears and stay up to date with technology."
Becky Allen sends along this page from ProtectKids.com: "This site is an excellent discussion on one the largest fears regarding the Internet--child predators. The site discusses the problem, the fears of parents, children, and other adults, and then offer helpful hints and solutions. It provides insight and also includes a large amount of news and actual surveys regarding the issue to keep people on top of current developments."
Marshall Annis sends this link from the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology: "An article from the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology that outlines some of the dangers of Molecular Nanotechnology. Among these are 'grey
goo,' social, and economic problems."
Deepak Arora sends along this site from Matrix Net Systems onWhy Technology is Harmful: "This website discusses many harmful effects of technology. It describes the way in which technology takes peoples jobs and the way it adds a negative effect on education. Overall, it conveys the negative effects
that technology has on society as a whole."
Paul Chuong sends this link from the Emory Report at Emory University: "This is a brief article from Emory University on a guest speaker who lectured on the future impacts and benefits of the internet in modern society. He lists how it will further improve the quality of our everyday lives and how it will also positively impact future higher education."
John Fleming suggests Lord of the Moon: Lordofthemoon.com talks about technophobia and
technophilia. The page I chose talks about the fear of the Internet and discusses why people fear it. Power and Anonymity are the two main factors used by the author.
Chris Gilmore suggests Trevor Ettenborough's page calledWhy Use Technololgy: "I found this link to be quite interesting because it deals specifically with the concept that students have enough subjecst to study in school, as well as budget concerns."
Stefanie Kealey suggests this site from 2Learn.ca on Techno-Stress: "I feel that this website advocates technophobia because it offers many links to various [sites] that involve reducing techno-stress. Techno-stress
is defined by one web author as 'the stress of adjusting to new technologies.'
There are various viewpoints about techno-stress. Is it the fear of technology that causes stress in people, or does stress originate when people have a difficult time using technology? The cartoon on the home page of a person slamming their head on a desk in front of their computer is
the main indicator that this page focuses on people and problems they have with technology."
Kristy Klein suggests this link from SeniorDoc.org: "The website that I found is a post from Seniordoc.org. It is called "A Rant Against Technology" and was written by an optometrist named Peter Dodge. Dr. Dodge discusses the use of technology in his practice. He is against the use of palm pilots, for example, and says he prefers to reach a live person on the other end when making a phone call. In this article, it is clear that he is against technology."
Julie Lauenger suggests this site called "Why I Hate Technology" from the campus newspaper at Berry College, Georgia: "This website promotes technophobia because it insults people who use technology daily. The author makes it appear that people who use technology are missing out on an important part of their life, what's around them."
Paul Lavoie sends this link called "The New Luddite": "The New Luddite edited by Eliza & Ned Ludd is one example of a page
advocating technophobia. The page has a brief history of Luddism, sources and articles about Luddism, and questions and answers about Luddism. This webpage is all about technophobia due to all of its advocacy of the Luddites."
Jeffrey Lees sends this [unsigned] site called "fEAR oF tECHNOLOGY": "I feel that the author of this page does a good job as they describe what the fear of techonology is, and why it is an unneccesary fear. The internet is a tool and a vast amount of information and it is just a click away and people should learn to embrace that, not fear it."
Blake Loscalzo's site is from ScienceDaily.com: "This web site supports the technophobe's fear of technology, mostly computer technology. The site describes the ethical problems that can
arise from dishonesty and false representations that can easily be displayed over the Internet. Furthermore, the article describes the Internet's ability to manipulate searches to ensure that certain web sites will be most accessible through the common search engines the public uses to
gather information.
April Mahoney suggests this link from Professor Galletta's page at the University of Pittsburg: "This article emphasizes some of the negative effects our reliance on computer software has produced. It supports technophobia because it encourages us to use our intellect, rather than software, when editing written work. I found this [CNN] article linked to a professor's webpage. The professor, Dennis Galletta of the University of Pittsburgh, has written a few technophobic essays himself." Webmaster's Note: When you click on this link notice the URL; the connection between Galletta and CNN is ambiguous from the link.
Kevin Manoni suggests this link from WebmasterVault.com: "The author of this article is obviously very concerned with money himself but the focus of the article is on how big businesses are trying to take advantage of him with technology. He feels that everything should be given to him and it appears to him that technology is headed to a place where it will be taxed heavily. I did not really like this article[.]"
Sophie Moravej suggests this site from Mindfully.org: "[This] is a good technophobic site because it focuses on one specific disadvantage to the advancement of medical technology, which is usually not viewed as having any destrimental qualities. The article explains the historical and present problem, as to educate the public, declaring technology as the problem; but at the same time, the author aknowledges that it cannot be defenestrated, and he offers reasonable temporary
solutions." Webmaster's note: "defenestrated" is a fabulous word, and if you don't know what it means, look it up!
Taki Naito suggests this link called Evil Technology: "he title of this website,
"Evil Technology" is very self explanatory. The author discusses about
all the negatives of certain technological items he has experienced
within his lifetime; such as copymachines, cell phones and even plastic
bags. He believes that people are developing too many useless technological
items and something should be done to stop it."
Katie O'Keeffe suggests the Neo-Luddite Manifesto: "This site discusses the beliefs and the history of Technophobes or Luddites everywhere. Historical figures such as Plato are mentioned as being one of the earliest critics of technology."
Michelle Spangle provides this link from GeorgeDillon.com: [This] is a technophobic website. It says 'The internet is a dangerous place for the unwary, the trusting and the naive but a safe haven for the lazy, the spiteful, the self-centered and the cowardly.' It discusses the
ignorance of most internet users and that their ignorance makes them pray for the
multiple dangers of the internet. The site spends most of its time criticizing HTML email. It suggests HTML email is dangerous,not always readable, wastes bandwidth, and is simply not necessary.
Jan Voolstra suggests this site from the University of Houston: "I found a site online written by the Dean from the College of Technology at the University of Houston. Not only does she list the symptoms of technophobia, but she also lists solutions and guidelines for overcoming technophobia."
