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Bowling Green State University
1.
Metcalf, Kathryne Young.
Technophobia: Exploring Fearful Virtuality.
Degree: MA, American Culture Studies, 2019, Bowling Green State University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1558442740070796 
► With 171 million active users and a market value expected to climb to almost $17 billion in the next three years, Virtual Reality (VR) would…
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▼ With 171 million active users and a market value
expected to climb to almost $17 billion in the next three years,
Virtual Reality (VR) would appear to be a technology on the rise.
Yet despite the public fervor for VR, our media landscape has long
been marked by phobic depictions of the same—from William Gibson’s
Neuromancer (1984), to The Matrix (1999), to Black Mirror
(2011-present), VR fictions always seem to dread its presence even
as their audiences anticipate these feared technologies. How, then,
can we explain the durability of fiction fearing VR, and what use
might we find for that phobic response? While ample previous
scholarship has explored how horror and other forms of genre
fiction reflect specific cultural anxieties, to this point little
work has been devoted to technophobic fiction as it represents and
serves to manage cultural responses to new and emerging
technologies. As VR grows increasingly common, such fiction might
offer a powerful tool toward anticipating its uses—good and bad—as
well as to influence the ends for which these technologies are
taken up. Through textual analysis of Ready Player One (2018) and
“San Junipero” (2017), I explore how fears of capitalist
subjugation, disembodiment, and the limitations of the humanist
self come to be displaced in VR’s technological systems. This work
clarifies the technosocial politics of VR as they penetrate what it
means to be human, and how
technophobia itself might be mobilized
toward the creation of a better technological future.
Advisors/Committee Members: Rosati, Clayton (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: American Studies; Virtual reality; VR; technophobia; mediation; Marcuse; Ready Player One; Black Mirror; technophobia; science studies; STS; Marx; articulation; embodiment; posthumanism
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Metcalf, K. Y. (2019). Technophobia: Exploring Fearful Virtuality. (Masters Thesis). Bowling Green State University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1558442740070796
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Metcalf, Kathryne Young. “Technophobia: Exploring Fearful Virtuality.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Bowling Green State University. Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1558442740070796.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Metcalf, Kathryne Young. “Technophobia: Exploring Fearful Virtuality.” 2019. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Metcalf KY. Technophobia: Exploring Fearful Virtuality. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Bowling Green State University; 2019. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1558442740070796.
Council of Science Editors:
Metcalf KY. Technophobia: Exploring Fearful Virtuality. [Masters Thesis]. Bowling Green State University; 2019. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1558442740070796
Leiden University
2.
Dijkstra, C.A.
Technology as Future Other: Exploring the Cinematic Cyborg as a Crossroads of Xenophobia and Technophobia in the Terminator and RoboCop series (1984-2014).
Degree: 2014, Leiden University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/33831
► This thesis examines the cinematic cyborg as a figure which embodies technophobic fears expressed in film. By exploring the cyborg's representation, I will show how…
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▼ This thesis examines the cinematic cyborg as a figure which embodies technophobic fears expressed in film. By exploring the cyborg's representation, I will show how its portrayal in film expresses these technophobic fears, which are, as I will show, interwoven with xenophobia. The cyborg is viewed here as a figure in which
technophobia and xenophobia collide. I will examine the so-called preferred meaning expressed in my case studies, which are eight films featuring a cyborg protagonist released in a period of three decades. Moreover, I will compare these messages to see if and how the expressions of
technophobia differ and whether they change over time.
Advisors/Committee Members: Minnaard, E (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: science-fiction; cyborg; technophobia; xenophobia; othering; terminator; robocop; film; representation
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Dijkstra, C. A. (2014). Technology as Future Other: Exploring the Cinematic Cyborg as a Crossroads of Xenophobia and Technophobia in the Terminator and RoboCop series (1984-2014). (Masters Thesis). Leiden University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1887/33831
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Dijkstra, C A. “Technology as Future Other: Exploring the Cinematic Cyborg as a Crossroads of Xenophobia and Technophobia in the Terminator and RoboCop series (1984-2014).” 2014. Masters Thesis, Leiden University. Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/33831.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Dijkstra, C A. “Technology as Future Other: Exploring the Cinematic Cyborg as a Crossroads of Xenophobia and Technophobia in the Terminator and RoboCop series (1984-2014).” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Dijkstra CA. Technology as Future Other: Exploring the Cinematic Cyborg as a Crossroads of Xenophobia and Technophobia in the Terminator and RoboCop series (1984-2014). [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Leiden University; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/33831.
Council of Science Editors:
Dijkstra CA. Technology as Future Other: Exploring the Cinematic Cyborg as a Crossroads of Xenophobia and Technophobia in the Terminator and RoboCop series (1984-2014). [Masters Thesis]. Leiden University; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/33831
University of Pretoria
3.
[No author].
A survey of gender differences in technophobia and in
the adoption of high-technology consumer products
.
Degree: 2011, University of Pretoria
URL: http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05062011-122911/
► Despite the advent of technology into consumers’ daily lives, many consumers are plagued by feelings of fear towards complex technology-related products. Feelings of anxiety and…
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▼ Despite the advent of technology into consumers’
daily lives, many consumers are plagued by feelings of fear towards
complex technology-related products. Feelings of anxiety and fear
often lead to the avoidance of technology; in other words,
so-called ‘technophobia’. This study aims to establish whether
gender differences in
technophobia and the adoption of
high-technology consumer products continue to exist in this digital
age, or whether they have indeed changed over time. Further, this
study also aims to uncover the main social reasons that gender
differences in
technophobia can occur. The results of this study
provide new insight into gender differences towards technology
purchases. The findings should assist marketers by providing a
clearer understanding of how men and women adopt new technology
products in the 21st century. By understanding gender differences
in attitudes towards technology, marketers are better able to
target and communicate technology benefits that consumers can
relate to and appreciate. Following a review of the available
literature, the theory of the diffusion of innovation was presented
as a foundation to studies of gender differences in
technophobia.
The Technology Readiness Index (TRI) was introduced as a sound
means of measuring
technophobia, based on an in-depth study of the
available measurement scales to measure for
technophobia. The study
included men and women, aged between 25 and 35 years, of higher
socio-economic classes, residing in the Northern Johannesburg
regions of South Africa. Gender differences in levels of
technophobia are studied in relation to three different
technologies (computers, DSLR cameras and home automation
technology) in order to compare gender differences towards
technologies at different stages of the diffusion curve. Future
research avenues regarding studies in to
technophobia are also
presented. The results indicate that traditional differences
between genders towards technology still exist amongst South
African consumers. Women continue to experience higher levels of
technophobia towards new technology than men. However, the degree
of these differences changes, depending on the technology used.
Regarding why these gender differences may occur, levels of
optimism, risk taking and cognitive involvement between genders
were measured. In general, the results indicate that traditional
gender differences towards technology continue to exist in South
Africa. Thus, although marketers may assume that in the modern
digital age, men and women are consuming electronics in the same
manner, this study shows that this is not necessarily the case, and
as a new product is introduced to the market, marketers need to
employ differentiating strategies in order to target both men and
women successfully. By tailoring the manner in which technology is
advertised and shared to the female consumer, marketers are better
able to capture this more ‘technophobic’ consumer. The advertising
of technologies exasperates the gender divide by confirming
established sex role stereotypes,…
Advisors/Committee Members: Kotze, Theuns G (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: High-technology consumer products;
Technophobia;
Gender;
Survey;
Technology adoption;
South africa;
Diffusion of innovation;
UCTD
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author], [. (2011). A survey of gender differences in technophobia and in
the adoption of high-technology consumer products
. (Masters Thesis). University of Pretoria. Retrieved from http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05062011-122911/
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
author], [No. “A survey of gender differences in technophobia and in
the adoption of high-technology consumer products
.” 2011. Masters Thesis, University of Pretoria. Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05062011-122911/.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
author], [No. “A survey of gender differences in technophobia and in
the adoption of high-technology consumer products
.” 2011. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
author] [. A survey of gender differences in technophobia and in
the adoption of high-technology consumer products
. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Pretoria; 2011. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05062011-122911/.
Council of Science Editors:
author] [. A survey of gender differences in technophobia and in
the adoption of high-technology consumer products
. [Masters Thesis]. University of Pretoria; 2011. Available from: http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05062011-122911/
University of Pretoria
4.
Anderson, Olivia.
A survey of
gender differences in technophobia and in the adoption of
high-technology consumer products.
Degree: MCom, Marketing Management, 2011, University of Pretoria
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24407
► Despite the advent of technology into consumers’ daily lives, many consumers are plagued by feelings of fear towards complex technology-related products. Feelings of anxiety and…
(more)
▼ Despite the advent of technology into consumers’ daily
lives, many consumers are plagued by feelings of fear towards
complex technology-related products. Feelings of anxiety and fear
often lead to the avoidance of technology; in other words,
so-called ‘technophobia’. This study aims to establish whether
gender differences in
technophobia and the adoption of
high-technology consumer products continue to exist in this digital
age, or whether they have indeed changed over time. Further, this
study also aims to uncover the main social reasons that gender
differences in
technophobia can occur. The results of this study
provide new insight into gender differences towards technology
purchases. The findings should assist marketers by providing a
clearer understanding of how men and women adopt new technology
products in the 21st century. By understanding gender differences
in attitudes towards technology, marketers are better able to
target and communicate technology benefits that consumers can
relate to and appreciate. Following a review of the available
literature, the theory of the diffusion of innovation was presented
as a foundation to studies of gender differences in
technophobia.
The Technology Readiness Index (TRI) was introduced as a sound
means of measuring
technophobia, based on an in-depth study of the
available measurement scales to measure for
technophobia. The study
included men and women, aged between 25 and 35 years, of higher
socio-economic classes, residing in the Northern Johannesburg
regions of South Africa. Gender differences in levels of
technophobia are studied in relation to three different
technologies (computers, DSLR cameras and home automation
technology) in order to compare gender differences towards
technologies at different stages of the diffusion curve. Future
research avenues regarding studies in to
technophobia are also
presented. The results indicate that traditional differences
between genders towards technology still exist amongst South
African consumers. Women continue to experience higher levels of
technophobia towards new technology than men. However, the degree
of these differences changes, depending on the technology used.
Regarding why these gender differences may occur, levels of
optimism, risk taking and cognitive involvement between genders
were measured. In general, the results indicate that traditional
gender differences towards technology continue to exist in South
Africa. Thus, although marketers may assume that in the modern
digital age, men and women are consuming electronics in the same
manner, this study shows that this is not necessarily the case, and
as a new product is introduced to the market, marketers need to
employ differentiating strategies in order to target both men and
women successfully. By tailoring the manner in which technology is
advertised and shared to the female consumer, marketers are better
able to capture this more ‘technophobic’ consumer. The advertising
of technologies exasperates the gender divide by confirming
established sex role stereotypes,…
Advisors/Committee Members: Kotze, Theuns G. (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: High-technology consumer products;
Technophobia;
Gender;
Survey; Technology
adoption; South
africa; Diffusion of
innovation;
UCTD
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APA (6th Edition):
Anderson, O. (2011). A survey of
gender differences in technophobia and in the adoption of
high-technology consumer products. (Masters Thesis). University of Pretoria. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24407
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Anderson, Olivia. “A survey of
gender differences in technophobia and in the adoption of
high-technology consumer products.” 2011. Masters Thesis, University of Pretoria. Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24407.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Anderson, Olivia. “A survey of
gender differences in technophobia and in the adoption of
high-technology consumer products.” 2011. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Anderson O. A survey of
gender differences in technophobia and in the adoption of
high-technology consumer products. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Pretoria; 2011. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24407.
Council of Science Editors:
Anderson O. A survey of
gender differences in technophobia and in the adoption of
high-technology consumer products. [Masters Thesis]. University of Pretoria; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24407
Eastern Michigan University
5.
Khasawneh, Odai.
The impact of technophobia on technology acceptance and the moderating influence of transformational leadership, organizational climate, and emotional intelligence.
Degree: PhD, College of Technology, 2015, Eastern Michigan University
URL: https://commons.emich.edu/theses/773
► This study sought to investigate the relationship between technophobia and technology acceptance. In addition, this study examined the moderating influence of variables such as…
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▼ This study sought to investigate the relationship between
technophobia and technology acceptance. In addition, this study examined the moderating influence of variables such as transformational leadership, organizational climate, and emotional intelligence has any influence on that relationship. This study determined that there is a significant negative relationship between
technophobia and technology acceptance. Furthermore, all moderating variable were found to have a strong moderating influence on the relationship between
technophobia and technology acceptance. In other words, transformational leadership, organizational climate, and emotional intelligence lessen the strength of the negative correlation to the point that
technophobia and technology acceptance were no longer correlated. Previous studies investigate
technophobia using technologies that are no longer new; computers, fax machine, email, VCRs, and ATMs. In the conclusion of the study, it was suggested the future studies should further investigate
technophobia with different variables.
Advisors/Committee Members: Alphonso Bellamy, Denise Pilato, Mary Brake.
Subjects/Keywords: computer anxiety; computer fear; techno anxiety; techno fear; Technophobia; techno phobia; Technology and Innovation
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Khasawneh, O. (2015). The impact of technophobia on technology acceptance and the moderating influence of transformational leadership, organizational climate, and emotional intelligence. (Doctoral Dissertation). Eastern Michigan University. Retrieved from https://commons.emich.edu/theses/773
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Khasawneh, Odai. “The impact of technophobia on technology acceptance and the moderating influence of transformational leadership, organizational climate, and emotional intelligence.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Eastern Michigan University. Accessed February 27, 2021.
https://commons.emich.edu/theses/773.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Khasawneh, Odai. “The impact of technophobia on technology acceptance and the moderating influence of transformational leadership, organizational climate, and emotional intelligence.” 2015. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Khasawneh O. The impact of technophobia on technology acceptance and the moderating influence of transformational leadership, organizational climate, and emotional intelligence. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Eastern Michigan University; 2015. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: https://commons.emich.edu/theses/773.
Council of Science Editors:
Khasawneh O. The impact of technophobia on technology acceptance and the moderating influence of transformational leadership, organizational climate, and emotional intelligence. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Eastern Michigan University; 2015. Available from: https://commons.emich.edu/theses/773
Iowa State University
6.
Schut, Luke Daniel.
Coughing and sneezing to the end of the world: Apocalyptic pandemic narratives in the 21st century.
Degree: 2013, Iowa State University
URL: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/13165
► This analysis of apocalyptic disease narratives seeks to understand the purpose and appeal of these stories in the 21st century. As humans have created and…
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▼ This analysis of apocalyptic disease narratives seeks to understand the purpose and appeal of these stories in the 21st century. As humans have created and become reliant on increasingly advanced and powerful technology, the apocalyptic narrative has become more common genre, and the disease variant has emerged in the 21st century as a popular variety. The first chapter of this analysis defines the apocalyptic narrative by identifying the features and themes that distinguish it from the catastrophe narrative. The apocalyptic narrative then gets split into three distinct sub-genres based on the source of the catastrophe. Once the apocalyptic genre has been defined, an examination of disease in the past century establishes the relevance of the apocalyptic pandemic scenario by looking at modern infection events, their causes, and their effects. Next, a critical examination of Danny Boyle's film 28 Days Later uses the macroscopic infection presented by the Rage virus to show the disease phobia present in Western society. An analysis of Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy then explores the connections between contemporary technophobia and apocalyptic plague, leading into an examination of the post-apocalyptic scenarios presented after the plague in the MaddAddam trilogy and the television program Survivors to understand how the desire for a simpler life present in Western culture makes the pandemic apocalyptic narrative appealing. Altogether, this critical exploration of the recent revival of interest in pandemic apocalyptic scenarios establishes the contemporary relevance of these stories, their origins in modern technophobia, and the appeal the end of the world holds for Western readers.
Subjects/Keywords: 28 Days Later; apocalypse; Atwood; MaddAddam; Oryx and Crake; technophobia; English Language and Literature
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Schut, L. D. (2013). Coughing and sneezing to the end of the world: Apocalyptic pandemic narratives in the 21st century. (Thesis). Iowa State University. Retrieved from https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/13165
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Schut, Luke Daniel. “Coughing and sneezing to the end of the world: Apocalyptic pandemic narratives in the 21st century.” 2013. Thesis, Iowa State University. Accessed February 27, 2021.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/13165.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Schut, Luke Daniel. “Coughing and sneezing to the end of the world: Apocalyptic pandemic narratives in the 21st century.” 2013. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Schut LD. Coughing and sneezing to the end of the world: Apocalyptic pandemic narratives in the 21st century. [Internet] [Thesis]. Iowa State University; 2013. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/13165.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Schut LD. Coughing and sneezing to the end of the world: Apocalyptic pandemic narratives in the 21st century. [Thesis]. Iowa State University; 2013. Available from: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/13165
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Canterbury
7.
Chen, Jou-An.
Airship, Automaton, and Alchemy: A Steampunk Exploration of Young Adult Science Fiction.
Degree: MA, English, 2012, University of Canterbury
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/4265
► Steampunk first appeared in the 1980s as a subgenre of science fiction, featuring anachronistic technologies with a veneer of Victorian sensibilities. In recent years steampunk…
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▼ Steampunk first appeared in the 1980s as a subgenre of science fiction, featuring anachronistic technologies with a veneer of Victorian sensibilities. In recent years steampunk has re-emerged in young adult science fiction as a fresh and dynamic subgenre, which includes titles such as The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross, The Hunchback Assignment by Arthur Slade, and Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve. Like their predecessors, these modern steampunk novels for teens use retrofuturistic historiography and innovative mechanical aesthetics to dramatize the volatile relationship between man and technology, only in these novels the narrative is intentionally set in the context of their teen protagonist's social and emotional development. However, didactic conventions such as technophobia and the formulaic linearity of the bildungsroman narrative complicate and frustrate steampunk's representation of adolescent formation. Using case studies of Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld and The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia, retrofuturism and technological hybridity are presented as defining features of steampunk that subvert
young adult science fiction's technophobic and liberal humanist traditions. The dirigible and the automaton are examined as the quintessential tropes of steampunk fiction that reproduce the necessary amphibious quality, invoking new expressions and
understanding of adolescent growth and identity formation that have a distinctly utopian, nostalgic, and ecocentric undertone.
Subjects/Keywords: young adult fiction; children's literature; science fiction; fantasy; steampunk; utopia; ecotopia; bildungsroman; adolescence; technophobia; technology; posthumanism; nostalgia; retrofuturism
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Chen, J. (2012). Airship, Automaton, and Alchemy: A Steampunk Exploration of Young Adult Science Fiction. (Masters Thesis). University of Canterbury. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/4265
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Chen, Jou-An. “Airship, Automaton, and Alchemy: A Steampunk Exploration of Young Adult Science Fiction.” 2012. Masters Thesis, University of Canterbury. Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/4265.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Chen, Jou-An. “Airship, Automaton, and Alchemy: A Steampunk Exploration of Young Adult Science Fiction.” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Chen J. Airship, Automaton, and Alchemy: A Steampunk Exploration of Young Adult Science Fiction. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Canterbury; 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/4265.
Council of Science Editors:
Chen J. Airship, Automaton, and Alchemy: A Steampunk Exploration of Young Adult Science Fiction. [Masters Thesis]. University of Canterbury; 2012. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/4265
Ohio University
8.
Alley, Timothy Dodd.
Gamers and Gorehounds: The Influence of Video Games on the
Contemporary Horror Film.
Degree: MA, Film (Fine Arts), 2007, Ohio University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1180049224
► Over the past decades, the horror genre has depicted terror coming from various sources. Even a video game console can serve as a potential…
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▼ Over the past decades, the horror genre has
depicted terror coming from various sources. Even a video game
console can serve as a potential source of antagonism. Video games
allow players the opportunity to essentially become another person
in another world. As this technology continues to improve, the line
between reality and fiction continues to blur. The first part of
this thesis looks at horror films from 1990 to 1999 that focus on
video games representation. These are storylines that only portray
video game technology as the villain as opposed to a beneficial
asset to society. The second part of this thesis will focus on
films from 2002 to 2005, all of which are video game adaptations.
There is a distinct shift in the content of video game horror films
at the start of the new millennium where video game technology is
no longer portrayed as an antagonist, but as legitimate source
material.
Advisors/Committee Members: Knee, Adam (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Cinema; horror; video game; technology; technophobia; console; virtual reality
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Alley, T. D. (2007). Gamers and Gorehounds: The Influence of Video Games on the
Contemporary Horror Film. (Masters Thesis). Ohio University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1180049224
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Alley, Timothy Dodd. “Gamers and Gorehounds: The Influence of Video Games on the
Contemporary Horror Film.” 2007. Masters Thesis, Ohio University. Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1180049224.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Alley, Timothy Dodd. “Gamers and Gorehounds: The Influence of Video Games on the
Contemporary Horror Film.” 2007. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Alley TD. Gamers and Gorehounds: The Influence of Video Games on the
Contemporary Horror Film. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Ohio University; 2007. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1180049224.
Council of Science Editors:
Alley TD. Gamers and Gorehounds: The Influence of Video Games on the
Contemporary Horror Film. [Masters Thesis]. Ohio University; 2007. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1180049224
9.
Mathios, Georgios.
The media digitization impact on the marketing value chain from the advertiser to the consumer: how the terrestrial television digitalization interacts with the other digital media with focus on the technophile vs. technophobic audience.
Degree: 2017, Athens University Economics and Business (AUEB); Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/40581
► The present study deals with consumers’ intentions to adopt interactive television (iTV) services by focusing, besides others, on the role of technophobia on consumers’ willingness…
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▼ The present study deals with consumers’ intentions to adopt interactive television (iTV) services by focusing, besides others, on the role of technophobia on consumers’ willingness to embrace this new interactive medium. Specifically, the objectives of the study are to segment Greek consumers based on their degree of technophobia and identify which segments are more willing to adopt iTV services. Moreover, the present study tries to shed light on the factors that affect consumers’ intentions towards iTV. Towards this end, two surveys were conducted: a paper-and-pencil survey in several Greek cities by using a convenience sampling technique and an online quantitative survey by posting a self-administered questionnaire on popular Greek websites. In total 852 respondents participated in the two surveys. Results indicate that the Greek market is quite immature to adopt interactive TV since most respondents seem unwilling to adopt the various services of interactive TV. Among the various iTV services consumers seem more likely to consider adopting interactive TV for (a) online TV services such as searching the internet, using social media, and playing games, (b) game-shows participation with or without a cost, (c) small cost purchases, and (d) purchases of electrical appliances, movies/music, and smartphones/tablets. In addition, they would consider acquiring iTV equipment for free or at a small cost, to be able to purchase products/services or receive product samples. In addition, technophobia proved to be a valid basis for the segmentation of Greek consumers. Based on the segmentation analysis three segments were derived, namely, technophiles, techno-confused, and technophobics. Technophiles are consumers which do not fear new technologies and they could be regarded as innovators in regards to the adoption of interactive TV services. Specifically, they seem more willing to (a) adopt online TV services, (b) adopt interactive TV services, (c) buy products/services via TV, and (d) buy interactive TV equipment compared to techno-confused and technophobics. Techno-confused are somewhere between technophobics and technophiles. They are wannabe technophiles but they lack the confidence to use technology devices such as computers, smartphones and tablets. Moreover, techno-confused exhibited lower intentions from technophiles in all intention items while they are a bit more willing to adopt several interactive TV services compared to technophobics. Technophobics are technology anxious consumers which find technology devices (i.e., computers, smartphones, tablets) complicated and try whenever possible to avoid using them. They can be described as “laggards” in terms of second screen usage activities and interactive TV adoption since they exhibited the lowest mean values compared to the other two segments across all the items that measured second-screen usage patterns and interactive TV adoption. Hence, they are less willing to adopt interactive TV services. The present study also indicated that the different segments are…
Subjects/Keywords: Ψηφιακή τηλεόραση; Αμφίδρομη τηλεόραση; δευτερη οθονη; Τεχνοφοβια; Τεχνοφιλια; Ψηφιακές Πλατφόρμες; Digital television; Interactive television; Digital Terestrial Television; second screen; Technophobia; Technophilia; Digital Platforms; Digital Transition
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Mathios, G. (2017). The media digitization impact on the marketing value chain from the advertiser to the consumer: how the terrestrial television digitalization interacts with the other digital media with focus on the technophile vs. technophobic audience. (Thesis). Athens University Economics and Business (AUEB); Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/40581
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Mathios, Georgios. “The media digitization impact on the marketing value chain from the advertiser to the consumer: how the terrestrial television digitalization interacts with the other digital media with focus on the technophile vs. technophobic audience.” 2017. Thesis, Athens University Economics and Business (AUEB); Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών. Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/40581.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mathios, Georgios. “The media digitization impact on the marketing value chain from the advertiser to the consumer: how the terrestrial television digitalization interacts with the other digital media with focus on the technophile vs. technophobic audience.” 2017. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Mathios G. The media digitization impact on the marketing value chain from the advertiser to the consumer: how the terrestrial television digitalization interacts with the other digital media with focus on the technophile vs. technophobic audience. [Internet] [Thesis]. Athens University Economics and Business (AUEB); Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών; 2017. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/40581.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Mathios G. The media digitization impact on the marketing value chain from the advertiser to the consumer: how the terrestrial television digitalization interacts with the other digital media with focus on the technophile vs. technophobic audience. [Thesis]. Athens University Economics and Business (AUEB); Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/40581
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of South Africa
10.
Ceza, Nomnqophiso Prudencia.
Challenges faced by staff members in information and communication training at a public university in the Eastern Cape
.
Degree: 2012, University of South Africa
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8833
► The introduction of e-learning in teaching and learning has necessitated the training of staff members in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This study focuses on…
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▼ The introduction of e-learning in teaching and learning has necessitated the training of staff members in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This study focuses on the challenges that staff members, who are the facilitators of learning, experience when undergoing training in ICT. The research design employed a qualitative methodology which involved focus groups from a public university. Data was collected from the participants through semi-structured interviews. The findings indicate that the challenges that staff members experienced during ICT training are related to a lack of computer competence, lack of time, an information overload, the non-involvement of staff in the planning of their training, facilitation limitations, lack of technical support and institutional challenges that involve infrastructure. The study further revealed that the principles of adult learning play a reciprocal role in the staff’s professional developmental challenges. In view of these findings, this study offers recommendations for improving the ICT training of staff members.
Advisors/Committee Members: Van den Berg, Geesje (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Information and communication technology (ICT);
E-learning;
Adult learners;
Facilitators of learning;
Staff members;
Self-directed learning;
Technophobia;
Constructivism;
E-learning;
Specialists and professional development
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Ceza, N. P. (2012). Challenges faced by staff members in information and communication training at a public university in the Eastern Cape
. (Masters Thesis). University of South Africa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8833
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ceza, Nomnqophiso Prudencia. “Challenges faced by staff members in information and communication training at a public university in the Eastern Cape
.” 2012. Masters Thesis, University of South Africa. Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8833.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ceza, Nomnqophiso Prudencia. “Challenges faced by staff members in information and communication training at a public university in the Eastern Cape
.” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Ceza NP. Challenges faced by staff members in information and communication training at a public university in the Eastern Cape
. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of South Africa; 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8833.
Council of Science Editors:
Ceza NP. Challenges faced by staff members in information and communication training at a public university in the Eastern Cape
. [Masters Thesis]. University of South Africa; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8833
University of Pretoria
11.
Moolman, Hermanus
Barend.
e-Readiness of
warehouse workers : an exploratory study.
Degree: Curriculum Studies, 2007, University of Pretoria
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24723
► The purpose of this research was to investigate the e-readiness of warehouse workers in a supply chain management environment. Organisations increasingly contemplate e-learning as a…
(more)
▼ The purpose of this research was to investigate the
e-readiness of warehouse workers in a supply chain management
environment. Organisations increasingly contemplate e-learning as a
training option to develop their employees. Globalisation of
commercial ventures increasingly demands that organisations become
more competitive by introducing Information Technology (IT).
e-Learning is seen as a stepping stone for empowering employees.
Supply-chain management organisations use unskilled warehouse
workers to perform manual duties such as registering, storing and
quick location of stock for distribution. IT supports these
logistic procedures – emphasising the need to introduce e-learning
to warehouse workers. Questionnaires confirmed that the unit of
analysis was multi-racial, mostly black, between eighteen and sixty
years old and of both genders. Their limited educational
qualifications are representative of many similar developing
communities of work across Africa. e-Learning requires access to
technology, computer literacy, self-discipline, the drive to
develop and the confidence to use technology to achieve objectives.
Warehouse workers as developing communities are trapped by the
digital divide amidst calls to bridge the divide by introducing IT
to such communities. Questions are raised whether they have the
discipline, motivation, and skills to learn from such a complex
learning strategy. Interviewed corporate learning experts cautioned
that specific infrastructures and personal attributes are crucial.
Insufficient computer experience, anxiety and
technophobia, may
cause warehouse workers to become unlikely candidates for
e-learning. My inquiry was an interpretive, qualitative case study,
intent on understanding emotional, technical, and social aspects
influencing e-readiness. I collected my data in four phases. Phase
one was a questionnaire to collect biographical information of the
warehouse workers. During phase two, by means of a Delphi
technique, I established consensus from a group of e-learning
experts of what ereadiness encompasses. Phase three consisted of
interviews with and observations of workers performing their daily
tasks and also while completing a computer-based tutorial. In phase
four I conducted interviews with warehouse managers on their
perceptions of the e-readiness of their workers. From the
literature I extracted Reeves’ (1999) three learner inputs, as well
as six fundamental categories of e-readiness. With these nine
theory codes, I followed an inductive-deductive grounded theory
approach to analyse the data. I constructed six sub-questions as
basis for the enquiry. I tallied the frequencies of the conceptual
codes of e-readiness and created an inventory of applicable
conceptual codes according to the theory codes. Patterns of
technical and affective experience, aptitude, origins of
motivation, access to computer infrastructure and organisation
culture culminated as my seven main findings on the e-readiness of
warehouse workers. I determined inter alia that warehouse workers
do not suffer…
Advisors/Committee Members: Blignaut, Anita Seugnet (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Warehouse
workers; Developing
communities;
E-maturity;
Organisation-dependent; Access to
technology;
Motivation;
Technophobia; Digital
divide; Computer
experience;
E-readiness;
UCTD
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Moolman, H. (2007). e-Readiness of
warehouse workers : an exploratory study. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Pretoria. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24723
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Moolman, Hermanus. “e-Readiness of
warehouse workers : an exploratory study.” 2007. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pretoria. Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24723.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Moolman, Hermanus. “e-Readiness of
warehouse workers : an exploratory study.” 2007. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Moolman H. e-Readiness of
warehouse workers : an exploratory study. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Pretoria; 2007. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24723.
Council of Science Editors:
Moolman H. e-Readiness of
warehouse workers : an exploratory study. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Pretoria; 2007. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24723
University of Pretoria
12.
[No author].
e-Readiness of warehouse workers : an exploratory
study
.
Degree: 2007, University of Pretoria
URL: http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05162007-161131/
► The purpose of this research was to investigate the e-readiness of warehouse workers in a supply chain management environment. Organisations increasingly contemplate e-learning as a…
(more)
▼ The purpose of this research was to investigate the
e-readiness of warehouse workers in a supply chain management
environment. Organisations increasingly contemplate e-learning as a
training option to develop their employees. Globalisation of
commercial ventures increasingly demands that organisations become
more competitive by introducing Information Technology (IT).
e-Learning is seen as a stepping stone for empowering employees.
Supply-chain management organisations use unskilled warehouse
workers to perform manual duties such as registering, storing and
quick location of stock for distribution. IT supports these
logistic procedures – emphasising the need to introduce e-learning
to warehouse workers. Questionnaires confirmed that the unit of
analysis was multi-racial, mostly black, between eighteen and sixty
years old and of both genders. Their limited educational
qualifications are representative of many similar developing
communities of work across Africa. e-Learning requires access to
technology, computer literacy, self-discipline, the drive to
develop and the confidence to use technology to achieve objectives.
Warehouse workers as developing communities are trapped by the
digital divide amidst calls to bridge the divide by introducing IT
to such communities. Questions are raised whether they have the
discipline, motivation, and skills to learn from such a complex
learning strategy. Interviewed corporate learning experts cautioned
that specific infrastructures and personal attributes are crucial.
Insufficient computer experience, anxiety and
technophobia, may
cause warehouse workers to become unlikely candidates for
e-learning. My inquiry was an interpretive, qualitative case study,
intent on understanding emotional, technical, and social aspects
influencing e-readiness. I collected my data in four phases. Phase
one was a questionnaire to collect biographical information of the
warehouse workers. During phase two, by means of a Delphi
technique, I established consensus from a group of e-learning
experts of what ereadiness encompasses. Phase three consisted of
interviews with and observations of workers performing their daily
tasks and also while completing a computer-based tutorial. In phase
four I conducted interviews with warehouse managers on their
perceptions of the e-readiness of their workers. From the
literature I extracted Reeves’ (1999) three learner inputs, as well
as six fundamental categories of e-readiness. With these nine
theory codes, I followed an inductive-deductive grounded theory
approach to analyse the data. I constructed six sub-questions as
basis for the enquiry. I tallied the frequencies of the conceptual
codes of e-readiness and created an inventory of applicable
conceptual codes according to the theory codes. Patterns of
technical and affective experience, aptitude, origins of
motivation, access to computer infrastructure and organisation
culture culminated as my seven main findings on the e-readiness of
warehouse workers. I determined inter alia that warehouse workers
do not suffer…
Advisors/Committee Members: Blignaut, Anita Seugnet (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Warehouse workers;
Developing communities;
E-maturity;
Organisation-dependent;
Access to technology;
Motivation;
Technophobia;
Digital divide;
Computer experience;
E-readiness;
UCTD
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author], [. (2007). e-Readiness of warehouse workers : an exploratory
study
. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Pretoria. Retrieved from http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05162007-161131/
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
author], [No. “e-Readiness of warehouse workers : an exploratory
study
.” 2007. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pretoria. Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05162007-161131/.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
author], [No. “e-Readiness of warehouse workers : an exploratory
study
.” 2007. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
author] [. e-Readiness of warehouse workers : an exploratory
study
. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Pretoria; 2007. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05162007-161131/.
Council of Science Editors:
author] [. e-Readiness of warehouse workers : an exploratory
study
. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Pretoria; 2007. Available from: http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05162007-161131/
13.
Midson, Scott Adam.
The cyborg and the human : origins, creatureliness, and hybridity in theological anthropology.
Degree: PhD, 2015, University of Manchester
URL: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-cyborg-and-the-human-origins-creatureliness-and-hybridity-in-theological-anthropology(da0cf017-3900-46a3-be69-0a348d7809bc).html
;
http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677806
► Are we cyborgs or humans? This question is at the heart of this investigation, and the implications of it are all around us. In Christian…
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▼ Are we cyborgs or humans? This question is at the heart of this investigation, and the implications of it are all around us. In Christian theology, humans are seen as uniquely made in the image of God (imago dei). This has been taken to mean various things, but broadly, it suggests an understanding of humans as somehow discrete from, and elevated above, other creatures in how they resemble God. Cyborgs mark a provocative attempt to challenge such notions, especially in the work of Donna Haraway, whose influential ‘Cyborg Manifesto’ (1991) elaborated a way of understanding cyborgs as figures for the way we live our lives not as discrete or elevated, but as deeply hybridised and involved in complex ways with technologies, as well as with other beings. Significantly, Haraway uses the cyborg to critique notions of the human rooted in theological anthropology and anthropogeny: the cyborg was not created in Eden. This assertion is the starting point of my investigation of cyborgs and humans in theological anthropology. Analysis of this position is broken down into three key concepts throughout the investigation that form the three main parts of the structure: (1) What is the significance of Eden, specifically as a point of origin? What ideas do we inherit from Genesis mythologies, and how do they influence our multitudinous understandings of not only humans, but also cyborgs, that range from the Terminator, to astronauts, to hospital patients? What does it mean to say that the cyborg cannot recognise Eden or even dream of the possibility of return?(2) If the cyborg was not created in Eden, then is it still to be considered as creaturely? How does this figure tessellate into, or challenge, notions of human nature and sin in the absence of an origin or teleology in a Garden? What commentaries of the human as created in God’s image can we compare this to, and how do all of these readings bear on how we see ourselves and technologies? (3) More constructively, given that the cyborg amalgamates the organic and the mechanic, and discusses hybridity, how might this be appropriated by theological anthropology? What does it mean to say that we are hybrids? From these questions, I reflect on tensions between the cyborg and the human, and make suggestions for a theological appropriation of the cyborg figure that takes heed of the emphasis on hybridity by applying it to notions of Eden and imago dei. The overarching aim is to decentre and destabilise the human, and to refigure it within its broader networks that are inclusive of other creatures, technologies, and God.
Subjects/Keywords: 233; technology; human nature; posthumanism; transhumanism; imago dei; posthuman; transhuman; relationality; technophobia; Haraway; Eden; anthropogeny
…technologies be regarded as part of (human) nature?
Daniel Dinello, Technophobia! Science…
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Midson, S. A. (2015). The cyborg and the human : origins, creatureliness, and hybridity in theological anthropology. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Manchester. Retrieved from https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-cyborg-and-the-human-origins-creatureliness-and-hybridity-in-theological-anthropology(da0cf017-3900-46a3-be69-0a348d7809bc).html ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677806
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Midson, Scott Adam. “The cyborg and the human : origins, creatureliness, and hybridity in theological anthropology.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Manchester. Accessed February 27, 2021.
https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-cyborg-and-the-human-origins-creatureliness-and-hybridity-in-theological-anthropology(da0cf017-3900-46a3-be69-0a348d7809bc).html ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677806.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Midson, Scott Adam. “The cyborg and the human : origins, creatureliness, and hybridity in theological anthropology.” 2015. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Midson SA. The cyborg and the human : origins, creatureliness, and hybridity in theological anthropology. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2015. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-cyborg-and-the-human-origins-creatureliness-and-hybridity-in-theological-anthropology(da0cf017-3900-46a3-be69-0a348d7809bc).html ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677806.
Council of Science Editors:
Midson SA. The cyborg and the human : origins, creatureliness, and hybridity in theological anthropology. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2015. Available from: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-cyborg-and-the-human-origins-creatureliness-and-hybridity-in-theological-anthropology(da0cf017-3900-46a3-be69-0a348d7809bc).html ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677806
14.
Midson, Scott Adam.
The Cyborg and the Human: Origins, Creatureliness, and
Hybridity in Theological Anthropology.
Degree: 2015, University of Manchester
URL: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:289221
► Are we cyborgs or humans? This question is at the heart of this investigation, and the implications of it are all around us. In Christian…
(more)
▼ Are we cyborgs or humans? This question is at the
heart of this investigation, and the implications of it are all
around us. In Christian theology, humans are seen as uniquely made
in the image of God (imago dei). This has been taken to mean
various things, but broadly, it suggests an understanding of humans
as somehow discrete from, and elevated above, other creatures in
how they resemble God. Cyborgs mark a provocative attempt to
challenge such notions, especially in the work of Donna Haraway,
whose influential ‘Cyborg Manifesto’ (1991) elaborated a way of
understanding cyborgs as figures for the way we live our lives not
as discrete or elevated, but as deeply hybridised and involved in
complex ways with technologies, as well as with other beings.
Significantly, Haraway uses the cyborg to critique notions of the
human rooted in theological anthropology and anthropogeny: the
cyborg was not created in Eden. This assertion is the starting
point of my investigation of cyborgs and humans in theological
anthropology. Analysis of this position is broken down into three
key concepts throughout the investigation that form the three main
parts of the structure: (1) What is the significance of Eden,
specifically as a point of origin? What ideas do we inherit from
Genesis mythologies, and how do they influence our multitudinous
understandings of not only humans, but also cyborgs, that range
from the Terminator, to astronauts, to hospital patients? What does
it mean to say that the cyborg cannot recognise Eden or even dream
of the possibility of return?(2) If the cyborg was not created in
Eden, then is it still to be considered as creaturely? How does
this figure tessellate into, or challenge, notions of human nature
and sin in the absence of an origin or teleology in a Garden? What
commentaries of the human as created in God’s image can we compare
this to, and how do all of these readings bear on how we see
ourselves and technologies? (3) More constructively, given that the
cyborg amalgamates the organic and the mechanic, and discusses
hybridity, how might this be appropriated by theological
anthropology? What does it mean to say that we are hybrids? From
these questions, I reflect on tensions between the cyborg and the
human, and make suggestions for a theological appropriation of the
cyborg figure that takes heed of the emphasis on hybridity by
applying it to notions of Eden and imago dei. The overarching aim
is to decentre and destabilise the human, and to refigure it within
its broader networks that are inclusive of other creatures,
technologies, and God.
Advisors/Committee Members: SHANNAHAN, CHRIS C, Scott, Peter, Shannahan, Chris.
Subjects/Keywords: technology; human nature; posthumanism; transhumanism; imago dei; posthuman; transhuman; relationality; technophobia; Haraway; Eden; anthropogeny
…technologies be regarded as part of (human) nature?
Daniel Dinello, Technophobia! Science…
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Midson, S. A. (2015). The Cyborg and the Human: Origins, Creatureliness, and
Hybridity in Theological Anthropology. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Manchester. Retrieved from http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:289221
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Midson, Scott Adam. “The Cyborg and the Human: Origins, Creatureliness, and
Hybridity in Theological Anthropology.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Manchester. Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:289221.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Midson, Scott Adam. “The Cyborg and the Human: Origins, Creatureliness, and
Hybridity in Theological Anthropology.” 2015. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Midson SA. The Cyborg and the Human: Origins, Creatureliness, and
Hybridity in Theological Anthropology. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2015. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:289221.
Council of Science Editors:
Midson SA. The Cyborg and the Human: Origins, Creatureliness, and
Hybridity in Theological Anthropology. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2015. Available from: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:289221
15.
Esterhuizen, Hendrik Daniel.
The integration of learning technologies in open distance learning at the North-West University / Hendrik Daniel (Hennie) Esterhuizen
.
Degree: 2012, North-West University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8736
► North-West University in South Africa is committed to expanding use of learning technologies for contact and distance education students by augmenting the existing NWU teaching…
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▼ North-West University in South Africa is committed to expanding use of learning technologies
for contact and distance education students by augmenting the existing NWU teaching and
learning policy with an e-learning policy. The School of Continuing Teacher Education at
North-West University is currently training about 24 000 in-service teacher students through
Open Distance Learning. Only a few students submit assignments in typed format and
seldom electronically. Students rarely use electronic technologies to augment their learning,
and the SCTE employs few to support students. This does not comply with the South African
Government’s policy on e-Education that demands information and communication
technology mastery in teacher training.
The aim of this research was integration of learning technologies in open distance learning at
SCTE NWU through recommendations compiled in a sociologically transformative emergent
implementation framework. The researcher followed a concurrent mixed-method
sociologically transformative approach, focussing on the use of technology for social
empowerment to cross the digital divide, through a theoretical lens of ICT for development.
The lived experience in the natural setting of distance education students, lecturers, and
involved stakeholders was used as initial data collection, informed by a continuous literature
study of emergent learning technology use.
Purposeful sampling was used during participant selection. The role of the researcher was
that of participant observer, interviewer, and human instrument, from a position of
methodological pragmatism as a method of inquiry. Using a design-based research
approach, the thesis addresses the main research question through five research papers;
each addressing one of the sub-questions as design-based research cycles, while
collectively addressing the research problem to address the main research question. Nonstandardised
measuring instruments were developed based on themes identified from
literature and the analysis of qualitative data. Significant barriers to population-wide ICT
adoption exist. Strong intentions of perseverance in attaining functional computer literacy
are evident. Support and enablement are required to promote trust to attempt using
computers, necessary to obtain self-confidence through accomplishment. In this way
perseverance to attain functional computer literacy may be cultivated.
The study presents a model for intention to use, confidence, trust and perseverance in
attaining computer literacy competence with statistically significant standardised regression weights. In terms of affective responses of students during computer literacy training, a twodimensional
model for computer literacy learning emotions is presented. Perceptions during
professional development produced a model for faculty development towards socially
transformative learning technology integration for open distance learning. The researcher
also presents a people-technology interaction in teaching and learning…
Subjects/Keywords: Computer literacy;
e-Learning;
Faculty training;
Higher Education;
Interactive white boards;
Learning technology integration;
Open Distance Learning;
Student support;
Teacher training;
Technology adoption;
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL);
Technophilia;
Technophobia;
Akademici opleiding;
e-Leer;
Hoër Onderwys;
Interaktiewe witborde;
Leertegnologie integrasie;
Liefde vir tegnologie;
Onderwysersopleiding;
Oop afstandsleer;
Rekenaargeletterdheid;
Studenteondersteuning;
Tegnologieaanvaarding;
Tegnologie-verrykte Leer;
Tegnologievrees
…590
Technophobia… …146
3.1.2.1
Significance of technophobia… …Emoting Coding Themes and Codes Structured as Technophobia .............. 591
Figure 3:
Model… …tabulation between the emotion code successful and incompetent
technophobia, incompetent… …technophilia, competent technophobia, and
competent Technophilia…
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Esterhuizen, H. D. (2012). The integration of learning technologies in open distance learning at the North-West University / Hendrik Daniel (Hennie) Esterhuizen
. (Thesis). North-West University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8736
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Esterhuizen, Hendrik Daniel. “The integration of learning technologies in open distance learning at the North-West University / Hendrik Daniel (Hennie) Esterhuizen
.” 2012. Thesis, North-West University. Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8736.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Esterhuizen, Hendrik Daniel. “The integration of learning technologies in open distance learning at the North-West University / Hendrik Daniel (Hennie) Esterhuizen
.” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Esterhuizen HD. The integration of learning technologies in open distance learning at the North-West University / Hendrik Daniel (Hennie) Esterhuizen
. [Internet] [Thesis]. North-West University; 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8736.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Esterhuizen HD. The integration of learning technologies in open distance learning at the North-West University / Hendrik Daniel (Hennie) Esterhuizen
. [Thesis]. North-West University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8736
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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