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Sisyphean cycle of technology panics: a standalone construct

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Media psychology

the recurring pattern in which each new technology prompts public and scientific alarm, rushed research and then a fresh panic over the next technology.

In media psychology, Sisyphean cycle of technology panics refers to the recurring pattern in which each new technology prompts public and scientific alarm, rushed research and then a fresh panic over the next technology. This meaning comes from Orben (2020) in Perspectives on Psychological Science.[1]

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Orben, A. (2020). The Sisyphean Cycle of Technology Panics. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15(5), 1143-1157. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691620919372

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