DocumentCode
1215711
Title
The age of high (tech) anxiety
Author
Mcfedries, Paul
Volume
40
Issue
6
fYear
2003
fDate
6/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
56
Abstract
We live in times that some are calling The Age of Anxiety. A big chunk of our stress portfolios is taken up by modern technologies. As proof, there are many new words that people and professionals are using to describe this modern state of mind. This article briefly describes the new words and phrases and their meanings including:techno-stress, technology-related anxiety, computer rage, information fatigue syndrome, and e-mail fatigue.
Keywords
human factors; information technology; Age of Anxiety; computer rage; e-mail fatigue; information fatigue syndrome; modern technologies; techno-stress; technology-related anxiety; Cellular phones; Electronic mail; Fatigue; Hardware; Human factors; Pervasive computing; Portfolios; Privacy; Psychology; Stress;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2003.1203091
Filename
1203091
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