Some are Eager Adopters who embrace technology as soon as it is released. The Eager Adopters enjoy technology, expect it to have problems and find solving the problems stimulating and fun. Rather, they are waiting on the sidelines for someone to show them how technology can help them. They want to know how technology will specifically make their life easier. They would rather wait on the sidelines until there are no problems.
Resisters avoid technology.
They do not like it, want it or find it enjoyable. They know that technology has problems and take technological snafus as reflecting a personal shortcoming. Although many Resisters are technophobic, some are not. These figures actually show a slightly elevated level of self-rated technophobia compared with previous work by our lab and others. Those who had heard about the Information Superhighway appeared to gain most of their knowledge through the television.