The Infomated Households Project

Abstract

The person who has the cell phone is capable of exerting control over the other family members so they're much more powerful. I bet in any house that utilizes cell phones and pagers that this is one of the issues. Control is a big thing with Pete, in our business with subordinates, and in the business he's now in there's a pecking order. They all have cell phones and they all have skypagers.

Does it speak to me? Visual aesthetics and the digital divide

“…Patterns based on frequency provided a general framework within which interpretive work could take into account characteristics of specificity, emotion and extensiveness in the conversational content (Krueger and Casey 2000 (Turkle 1999) and appreciate its functionality (Robinson and Godbey 1997), both as a service that helps with daily household activities (Sanyal and Schon 1999) and as a way of making the home a workplace (Darrah et al 1997). Users attribute improved quality of life (Cole 2000), including enhanced self-esteem (Beamish 1999) and empowerment, to being computer literate (Spooner and Rainie 2000) and to using the Internet for gathering information, education and training (Hara and Kling 2000).…”

Reframing the infomated household-workplace

“…The household as ICT-supported workplace Homes are becoming "infomated" environments that support remote working using ICT (Darrah, English-Lueck and Saveri, 1997). In "infomated" households, members are forefront users of ICT devices and services, defined in terms of the relatively large number of different ICT devices and services they own or use (Institute for the Future, 1995;Darrah et al, 1997;Katz, 1997).…”

“…In "infomated" households, members are forefront users of ICT devices and services, defined in terms of the relatively large number of different ICT devices and services they own or use (Institute for the Future, 1995;Darrah et al, 1997;Katz, 1997). Given the link between availability of ICT and home-based working (Venkatesh, 1996), infomated households provide a platform for understanding how home-based working may affect other households that…”

“…This lack of interest in the household itself is somewhat surprising, given findings that boundaries between many aspects of work and home are blurring (Darrah, et al, 1997;English-Lueck, 1997Pitney Bowes, 1999;Avery and Baker, 2000), suggesting that household dynamics are also changing. Understanding the impact of work and technology on the household could well assist organizations in effectively supporting the transition from traditional work to home-based remote working.…”