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ERIC Number: EJ603782
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0735-6331
Existential Computer Anxiety and Changes in Computer Technology: What Past Research on Computer Anxiety Has Missed.
Worthington, Valerie L.; Zhao, Yong
Journal of Educational Computing Research, v20 n4 p299-315 1999
Proposes that the existing literature on computer anxiety has neglected to consider two issues: (1) that there is an existential element to computer anxiety, and (2) that computer technology has undergone historical changes that bring with them subsequent changes in the metaphors used to understand computers. (Contains 72 references.) (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Existentialism, Literature Reviews, Metaphors
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Historical Background; Technological Change