Timeline for Is there a word for "people who are computer illiterate"?
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| Jun 7, 2014 at 20:04 | comment | added | Preston | @Luis that scenario was not described in the question, hence all of these phoboa and choice related answers. | |
| Jun 7, 2014 at 17:32 | comment | added | GenericJam | @Luis I adjusted my answer. Also, as per previous comment I would view this term as a correlating term with computer illiterate not necessarily totally descriptive. | |
| Jun 7, 2014 at 17:29 | history | edited | GenericJam | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 7, 2014 at 17:28 | comment | added | Centaurus | @GenericJam The world is much more than England, Western Europe and the U.S. Many African, Asian and Latin American countries, including the one I live in, have poverty belts where people can read and write but have never seen a computer in their entire lives. You can't call them technophobes. Nor can you say that they "prefer old technology". | |
| Jun 7, 2014 at 13:54 | history | edited | GenericJam | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 7, 2014 at 13:53 | comment | added | GenericJam | @MarcvanLeeuwen - That is why I used soft words like 'chances are' and 'might'. I realise it isn't a direct hit. Most if not all the technically illiterate people I know are so because they feel like they don't know how to get in and feel intimidated by the amount of information they think they need to know in order to get on board. However, the person you describe is not technically illiterate or a technophobe, they just prefer older technology or prefer a different means of access. | |
| Jun 7, 2014 at 11:09 | comment | added | Marc van Leeuwen | This is making a totally unfounded assumption on the reason for lack of familiarity with digital devices. Someone with a passion for technology might very well have no interest for modern digital devices exactly because they virtually exclude any possibility for a hands-on contact with the underlying technology. (Not considering stroking a touch-screen as hands-on contact.) | |
| Jun 7, 2014 at 10:14 | history | answered | GenericJam | CC BY-SA 3.0 |