TECNOFOBIA OU TECNOFILIA

A RELAÇÃO DOS JOVENS COM AS INOVAÇÕES TECNOLÓGICAS: ESTUDO CROSS-COUNTRY BRASIL, MÉXICO, PARAGUAI E PORTUGAL

Abstract

Technological innovations cause a psychological ambivalence of comfort and harm to the individual. At the psychodynamic level, this ambivalence is expressed by technophilia (attraction to technology) and technophobia (rejection of technology). Technophilia and technophobia are the two extremes of the relationship between technology and society. Therefore, the study aims to analyze the level of technophobia and technophobia among young people in today's society. To reach the proposed objective, a survey was applied in four countries (Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay and Portugal). A total of 220 young people (between 17 and 24 years old) participated in the study. The data were analyzed using Analysis of Variance techniques. The results suggest that Latin American countries have a high degree of technophilia. A special highlight was observed for Mexicans, who presented the highest index among the countries analyzed. On the other hand, the Portuguese presented a moderate degree of technophilia.