Technology, consumption and the future : the experience of home computing

This study of the home computer boom is of relevance to wider discussions of consumption, innovation and popular attitudes towards science and technology. Based primarily on empirical work with computer users, it also explores the various media, commercial, academic and political discourses which co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skinner, David Ian
Other Authors: Silverstone, R.
Published: Brunel University 1992
Subjects:
301
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.332078