Pandey Vijyendra, Misra Neelam, Greeshma Rajgopal, Astha Arora, Jeyavel Sundaramoorthy, Lakshmana Govindappa, Rajkumar Eslavath, Prabhu G
Department of Psychology, Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga, India.
Department of Microbiology, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, India.
Front Psychol. 2021 May 25;12:637395. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.637395. eCollection 2021.
While COVID-19 has taken a toll on many professions and livelihood of all walks of lives, technology has amplified its intrusion to ease the necessities. Innovative technology, therefore, has improved the glitches and provided the software to adhere to these new normal. However, individuals' awareness and attitude toward the advancements of these technological trends need to be addressed. Although the government has taken measures to prevent and curb the growing cases for COVID-19 with the help of technology, the support from the individuals would depend mostly on their level of awareness and the attitude toward those measures. The present qualitative study explored the techno trend awareness, perception and attitudes of techno experts and technical professionals toward social connectedness and mitigating factors of COVID-19. Besides, it also explained individuals' shift toward virtual interaction to maintain social connections during the pandemic. The thematic analysis generated four prominent themes. Social Connectedness, emphasized on the emotional connections that created a positive feeling of belongingness. Technological Advancement provided three sub-themes highlighting perception, techno trend awareness and desirable attitudes toward the mitigation of COVID-19. The categories under Treatment and Preventive Measures indicated the enhanced self-care of individuals and also the tendencies to minimize the spread of diseases. The emergence of the theme Inclination toward Indigenous Knowledge, which is an important finding, indicated the techno-experts inclination toward the indigenous knowledge amid vague scientific shreds of evidence.
虽然新冠疫情给各行各业及各界人士的生计都造成了损失，但科技放大了其影响以缓解各种需求。因此，创新技术改善了故障，并提供了适应这些新常态的软件。然而，个人对这些技术趋势进步的认识和态度仍需探讨。尽管政府借助技术采取措施预防和遏制新冠疫情不断增加的病例，但个人的支持很大程度上取决于他们的认识水平以及对这些措施的态度。本定性研究探讨了技术专家和技术专业人员对社交联系以及新冠疫情缓解因素的技术趋势认识、看法和态度。此外，它还解释了疫情期间个人向虚拟互动转变以维持社会联系的情况。主题分析产生了四个突出主题。“社交联系”强调了创造积极归属感的情感联系。“技术进步”提供了三个子主题，突出了对新冠疫情缓解的看法、技术趋势认识和理想态度。“治疗和预防措施”类别表明个人自我护理的增强以及尽量减少疾病传播的倾向。“倾向于本土知识”这一主题的出现是一项重要发现，表明在科学证据模糊的情况下技术专家对本土知识的倾向。
