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Evolutions in the human technology relationship: rejection, acceptance and technosymbiosis

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Research on technology adoption has distinguished several models of the human relationship with technology as refusal or rejection, acceptance (Davis, 1985, 1989, etc) and symbiosis (Licklider, 1960 ; Brangier and Hammes-Adelé, 2011 ; etc). These models refer to the way that humans shape their cognitions and their interactions with technology ; define their attitudes of rejection, acceptance or fusion ; and whether they are in accordance with or in opposition to technology. This article seeks to show (1) that there are several models related to technology ; (2) that these models are rejection, acceptance and symbiosis; (3) that these models are not stable but change over time; and (4) that individuals change their model from the contingent elements of their context of use and the characteristics of the technology they use. As an experiment, we investigated how the relationship of human to technology evolves over time. The methodology is based on both scenarios of the use of four technologies (internet, computer, digital camera, mobile phone) completed by verbalizations (verbal explanations of the chosen scenario) and a questionnaire. It was administered to a sample of 60 people (30 women, 30 men). The experiment was able to highlight types of technology use course. The results indicate (1) that individuals have three models of relationship to technology (rejection, acceptance, technosymbiosis) ; (2) that these models are not stable but change over time: the most common change is the transition from the acceptance to the symbiosis, which accounts for 38 % of observations ; (3) that certain technologies are more conducive to the development of symbiosis (the mobile phone has particularly important symbiotic properties compared to other technologies studied) and (4) that in 42.8 % of cases it is a change in human activity which explains the transition from a model of one relationship of technology to another one. Finally, a general discussion provides a link between the three models: rejection, acceptance and technosymbiosis.

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hal-00950064 , version 1 (20-02-2014)

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Sonia Adelé, Eric Brangier. Evolutions in the human technology relationship: rejection, acceptance and technosymbiosis. IADIS International Journal on www/Internet, 2013, 11 (3), pp.46-60. ⟨hal-00950064⟩
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