Word: giacquinta
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Dates: during 1984-1984
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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...
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...
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