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From Progress to Power: How Narratives of Technological Salvation Shape Modern Political Realities

Author(s) Mehak Rana
Country India
Abstract Purpose. Governments and technology companies often present technology as the solution to society's greatest problems. This study examines how people respond to such narratives of technological salvation, and whether belief in them relates to willingness to transfer power through surveillance, privacy trade-offs, or automated governance.
Method. A cross-sectional online survey of 51 respondents aged 15–60 measured 21 attitudes on a five-point Likert scale. Two indices were formed: technological salvation optimism (5 items, α = .59) and critical awareness of technological power (6 items, α = .75). Analyses included Wilcoxon tests, Spearman correlations with false discovery rate correction, regression, Mann–Whitney comparisons by age group, and a sensitivity analysis.
Findings. Respondents were critical optimists. Salvation optimism was modestly above neutral (M = 3.27), while critical awareness was far higher (M = 3.96; r = .72 for the difference), and over half scored above neutral on both. Over 90% saw technology as a double-edged sword whose impact depends on who controls it, 78% regarded leaders' salvation claims as rhetoric, and only 25% supported government access to citizens' data. Yet greater optimism predicted greater willingness to accept reduced privacy for guaranteed safety (β = .33, p = .022). The strongest association linked awareness of fiction's influence on views of technology to scepticism of political salvation claims (ρ = .51, q = .002). Younger and older respondents did not differ significantly.
Implications. Public trust in technology is conditional on control and accountability. Salvation narratives appear most persuasive when framed around personal benefit, and narrative and media literacy may help citizens recognise them.
Keywords technological solutionism; techno-optimism; surveillance; privacy; technocracy; sociotechnical imaginaries; political attitudes
Field Sociology > Economics
Published In Volume 8, Issue 6, November-December 2026
Published On 2026-11-03
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