IMPACTS OF USAGE OF TECHNOLOGIES ON RURAL POPULATION. A CASE STUDY OF ALWARA MELA, HANGU

Abstract

This study entitled "Impact of usage of Technologies on rural population" is meant to explore the changes which have been brought by the technological advancements among rural population. This study was conducted to find out four objectives. First objective was regarding changes in daily life in rural context. Second objective was to explore the impacts of usage of technologies on social life of rural population. The impacts of technologies in health seeking behavior and health care system were explore in third objective. In the last objective the researcher explored the impacts of technologies on household economy. This was study conducted while using anthropological qualitative paradigm. For data collection, ethnographic research model was used. Purposive sampling was used primarily during this research. Apart from purposive sampling, convenience sampling was also used. Sample size of this study was 32. This study was conducted between September of2019 to January 2020. This research was conducted in Alwara Mela. It was village in district Hangu. It is 19 kilometers in the west ofHangu city. The population oflocale was consisted of 494 inhabitants. Exploring the impacts of usage of technological advancements, the researcher came to know that technologies have impacted every walk of life of people of Alwara Mela. The daily routines were changed due efficient uses of technologies. The social impacts of technologies were very also vital. There were both positive and negative impacts of technologies when it came to social life. Health care system and health seeking behavior were changed due to advancements in health care systems and change in perception about folk ways of treatment. Finally, usages of technological advancements were responsible for bringing changes in economy of village. This research was conducted following the theoretical discourse of reflexive modernization. Changing cultural patterns suggested that this theory was applicable, but usage of technologies was not at intensive level so, the findings were not fully comparable to reflexive modernization theory. Technological advancements have vital role in changing patterns of socio-economic life of people and this through this study the researcher made an attempt to discover those changes.