New technologies are profoundly reshaping the world around us. Home computers-unheard
of two decades ago-now play an intimate role as personal possessions in many people's …

This paper provides an opportunity to reflect on some of the questions that have been raised
both in empirical work on information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the …

How does new information technology become part of the fabric of organisational life?
Drawing on insights from social studies of technology, gender studies and the sociology of …

In 1987 the ESRC awarded a grant under its Programme on Information and
Communication Technologies for a project into the domestic environment of information and …

This paper, which draws on ongoing empirical work in the UK, considers the particular
dynamics of time within domestic settings. It situates those dynamics within arguments that …

The story of a pioneering microcomputer: its beginnings as part of a national Computer
Literary Project, its innovative hardware, and its creative uses. In 1982, the British …

In the early 1980s the computer entered the British home in significant numbers for the first
time as many thousands of people purchased their first personal 'microcomputer'. In this …

During the early and mid-1980s, a home computing practice of use and openness of
software emerged in Greece. This computer culture both reflected and reinforced the local …

In a climate of profound uncertainty over Britain's postwar status, some industrialists and
policymakers sought solace in a 'defiant modernist'aesthetic, proposing radical …

The initial domestication of the computer in 1980s Britain was accompanied by its
configuration for educational benefit, as part of a wider culture of computer literacy. Among …