Computers, Phones and the Internet: Domesticating Information Technology

Table of Contents, Abstracts, and Selected Preprints

Kraut, R. E., Brynin, M. & Kiesler, S. (2006). Computers, Phones, and the Internet: Domesticating Information Technology. NY: Oxford University Press. Order from Amazon

1. Social Studies of Domestic Information and Communication Technologies. Malcolm Brynin and Robert Kraut. Preprint PDF.

I. Information Technology and Social Change

2. Portraits of American Internet Use: Findings from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. John B Horrigan. Abstract

3. Passing By and Passing Through. Ben Anderson. Abstract

4. Older People and New Technologies. Yoel Raban and Malcolm Brynin. Abstract

5. Information Technology and Family Time Displacement. John P. Robinson and Jos De Haan. Abstract

6. Examining the Impact of Internet Use on TV Viewing: Details Make a Difference. Robert Kraut, Sara Kiesler, Bonka Boneva, and Irina Shklovski. Abstract. Preprint PDF

7. The Neutered Computer. Malcolm Brynin. Abstract

II. Technology in Context: Home, Family, and Community

8. The Consumption Junction Revisited: Networks and Contexts. Maria Bakardjieva. Abstract

9. Designing the Family Portal for Home Networking. Alladi Venkatesh, Steven Chen, and Victor M. Gonzalez. Abstract

10. Children's Privacy Online: Experimenting with Boundaries Within and Beyond the Family. Sonia Livingstone. Abstract

11. Children's Home Internet Use: Antecedents and Psychological, Social and Academic Consequences. Linda A. Jackson, Alexander von Eye, Frank A. Biocca, Gretchen Barbatsis, Yong Zhao, and Hiram E. Fitzgerald. Abstract

12. Social and Civic Participation in a Community Network. John M. Carroll, Mary Beth Rosson, Andrea Kavanaugh, Daniel Dunlap, Wendy Schafer, Jason Snook, Philip Isenhour. Abstract

III. New Technology in Teenage Life

13. Teens on the Internet: Interpersonal Connection, Identity, and Information. Patricia M. Greenfield, Elisheva F. Gross, Kaveri Subrahmanyam, Lalita K. Suzuki, and Brendesha Tynes.

14. Teenage Communication in the Instant Messaging Era. Bonka Boneva, Amy Quinn, Robert Kraut, Sara Kiesler, and Irina Shklovski. Abstract. Preprint PDF

15. Control, Emancipation and Status: The Mobile Telephone in Teens' Parental and Peer Group Control Relationships. Rich Ling and Brigitte Yttri. Abstract

16. Intimate Connections: Contextualizing Japanese Youth and Mobile Messaging. Mizuko Ito and Daisuke Okabe. Abstract

IV. The Internet and Social Relationships

17. The Internet and Social Interaction: A Meta-Analysis and Critique of Studies, 1995-2003. Irina Shklovski, Sara Kiesler, and Robert Kraut. Abstract. Preprint PDF

18. Communication Technology and Friendship During the Transition from High School to College. Jonathon N. Cummings, John B. Lee, and Robert Kraut. Abstract. Preprint PDF

19. Considering the Interactions: The Effects of the Internet on Self and Society. Katelyn Y. A. McKenna and Gwendolyn Seidman. Abstract

20. Rhythms and Ties: Toward a Pragmatics of Technologically Mediated Sociability. Christian Licoppe and Zbigniew Smoreda. Abstract