In today's world, the use of hi-tech and up-to-date technology is inevitable; especially with regard to the country's path to knowledge-based and innovation economy. Technology is emerged in various aspects of human life and has many social and economic effects. But dea
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In today's world, the use of hi-tech and up-to-date technology is inevitable; especially with regard to the country's path to knowledge-based and innovation economy. Technology is emerged in various aspects of human life and has many social and economic effects. But dealing with new technologies, along with its particular attractiveness of it, has always been with fear. The fear of losing a job position, fear of changing the behavior of people, fear of inability to work with technology and fear of unwanted and unknown effects of technology on individual and social life are always accompanied by the emergence of new technologies. The term "technophobia" was first introduced in 1947 to describe this panic. Technophobia, by creating resistance among technology adopters, delays the adoption of technology by a large number of people. In Iran, technophobia has been shown in many ways and with the emergence of various technologies; by the introduction of cars and their replacement with the gharries to the video player, mobile phone, information and communication technologies, biotechnology and mobile-developed businesses. So, familiarity with this concept and solutions to overcome, is necessary to take the path of technological development and move towards the knowledge economy. This paper is based on the library research methodology. After reviewing the history, definitions and the reasons for technophobia and its examples in Iran are presented. At the end, some solutions are proposed to deal with it.
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