Young People's Attitudes to Technology

摘要: The discussion about young people's attitudes to technology seems confirm observations made during the great debates on youth in early 1980s and that also hold true for other topics (for instance, change values with respect achievement work). problems are discussed terms of people, their relationship institutions demands society, fact not youth, nor even younger generation has dealing older but society coping progress. Thus, issue people towards extent alleged hostility it is based a special point view. as whole always taken be (hopefully) vehicle social change, only technical rapid spread new information communication technologies, well increasing destruction natural resources, have sharpened public awareness risks question whether can count upon next prepared go accepting this role received attention above all political business circles (cf. Klages & Kmiecziak, 1981; Inglehart, 1989), where reason interest summed up statement: 'the future our country technology'. This view considers main driving force links prognoses hopes modernisation intimately its Taking approach starting point, one see deeper justification concept 'technology acceptance' which frequently used connection, especially opinion research: acceptance development initiated themselves, does necessarily affect them personally any direct way, belongs dynamics an economically politically ambitious industrial power at beginning 1990s [1]. It sharp contrast pro-technology viewpoint technological developments, applications, increasingly been headlines recent years generated some scepticism Brannigan Goldenberg, 1985). A series disasters linked placenames developed countries Third World sensitivity exploitation. rise movements (e.g. ecology movement, opposition nuclear plants, Greens) mid 1970s, emphatically warned still warn threat posed by greater exploitation human was indication public's awareness. Given these found wide particularly among generation, surprising