Informational Reception Apprehension and Information from Technology Aversion: Development and Test of a New Construct

Abstract

In technologically advanced cultures and societies, information acquisition from information technologies is a part of daily life. Human, psychologically detrimental aspects of this process were examined. Previous measurement and research related to computer and information anxieties revealed some of the nature of the difficulties, as well as direct measurement concerns. The construct of informational reception apprehension and existing scales provided a basis for developing a new foundation for measuring and assessing these difficulties. Long and short versions of a new information reception apprehension test for information technology (IRAT–IT) were developed and tested in relation to computers, Internet service, and time on-line. Richer assessment of underlying difficulties drawn from a receiver perspective resulted in reliable and valid scales that meaningfully related this type of information reception apprehension to information-from-technology behaviors. Suggested use in technologically advanced and technologically developing cultures is outlined.

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