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...first in-depth study of the social impact of home computers. The results suggest that the new machines can change the way a family lives, but that they will not have the profound impact on American life-styles that the automobile and television had in earlier decades. Says Joseph Giacquinta, the New York University professor who headed the investigation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Family Living | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

Observing 100 adults and children in 20 New York-metropolitan-area families, Giacquinta's researchers found that virtually every parent bought a computer in the hope that it would help a child get ahead in school. At the same time, most adults feared that the machines were being used too much for playing games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Family Living | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

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