211 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Technology in the Household: Looking Back, Looking Forward -- Ownership of Household Technologies -- Classifying Household Durables -- Priority Patterns in Acquiring Household Durables -- Changing Positions in the Observed Hierarchies -- Entry Paths into Households...

Contents note continued: Family Size, Family Composition, and Family Life Cycle -- Home Ownership and Tenancy Status -- Geographic Location -- Psychographic Factors -- Innovativeness -- Resources -- Money as Resource -- Time as Resource -- Skill as Resource -- Space as Resource -- Control as Resourc...

Contents note continued: Sex and Gender Role -- Psychographic Explanations -- Innovativeness -- Resources -- Money Resource -- Time and Skill Resources -- Orientations -- Utilitarian-Hedonic Orientation -- Haptic Orientation -- Technology Orientation -- Conclusion -- References -- 5.Entertaining Our...

Contents note continued: Evolution of Communication Technologies -- Voice Communication Technologies -- The Telephone -- Mobile Phones -- Voice-Over Internet Protocal (VOIP) -- Written Communication Technologies -- Snail Mail -- Electronic Mail (E-Mail) -- SMS, Text Messages, and Twitter -- Instant...

Contents note continued: Electronic Bill Payment -- Online Banking -- Summary of Payment Technologies -- Household Acceptance of Payment Technologies -- Demographic Explanations -- Age and Education -- Psychographic Explanations -- Lifestyle -- Innovativeness -- Resources -- Money -- Skill -- Contro...

Contents note continued: Impact on Safety---Physical and Emotional -- Impact on Social Norms -- Impact on Consumer/Citizen Skills -- Impact on Privacy, Security and Community -- Impact on Cultural Diversity -- Impact on Sustainable Consumption -- Conclusion -- References.