Domesticating the personal computer: The mainstreaming of a new technology and the cultural management of a widespread technophobia, 1964

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-185

  Reed, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1080/15295030009388388     Document Type: Article

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