I agree with several posters that asking the slashdot users about their stress levels caused (or related to technology) will be too biased for an adequate.
I believe a much more interesting study would be to look at the baby boomer age group 40-65. Many of these did not grow up technology all around them like we did. (I am at the younger end of the range and have been in the IT field for 22 years.)
I mention the baby boomer age group because I frequently observe people in this age group annoyed by remote controls, problems with their PC, other people on cell phones, etc. We all be annoyed by these technological "improvements". However, most of the baby boomers lived a good portion of their adult lives without all these conveniences.
I would suggest you: Create a survey -- get some help so you don't bias the survey unfairly -- and survey a sample of baby boomers -- make sure you include a proper representative portion from more rural areas -- then analyze the results.
Be sure to post back your paper (if you get an A!).
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I agree with several posters that asking the slashdot users about their stress levels caused (or related to technology) will be too biased for an adequate.
I believe a much more interesting study would be to look at the baby boomer age group 40-65. Many of these did not grow up technology all around them like we did. (I am at the younger end of the range and have been in the IT field for 22 years.)
I mention the baby boomer age group because I frequently observe people in this age group annoyed by remote controls, problems with their PC, other people on cell phones, etc. We all be annoyed by these technological "improvements". However, most of the baby boomers lived a good portion of their adult lives without all these conveniences.
I would suggest you: Create a survey -- get some help so you don't bias the survey unfairly -- and survey a sample of baby boomers -- make sure you include a proper representative portion from more rural areas -- then analyze the results.
Be sure to post back your paper (if you get an A!).
Good luck.