Information technology comes home

Walter S. Baer

Telecommunications Policy, 1985, vol. 9, issue 1, 3-22

Abstract: The article discusses how information technology affects home activities in the USA. The author considers four significant uses of time at home -- working, doing chores, learning, and relaxing -- and the ways in which information technologies support these activities. The article focuses on current trends and possible developments in technologies for electronic communications, information distribution and entertainment.

Keywords: Information; technologies; Home; activities; USA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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