ICTs in the Rush Hour of Life

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ICTs in the Rush Hour of Life

• Valerie Frissen
• 1999

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Information Communication Technologies (ICTs)

• Computers, internet, telephones, cell phones,
  CDi, fax machines, answering machines
• Main focus Telecommunication

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Demographics

• Dual-income families, generally well-educated
• Division of time between work/home, male/female
  has become increasingly blurred due to changing
  societal structure

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Routines

• Families becoming much busier
• Carefully planned schedules
• If something goes wrong, entire schedule falls
  apart
• Time-adjusting strategies
• Working at home in the evenings
• Calling home from work
• Space-adjusting strategies
• Fax machine at home
• Available on cell phone at all times

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Acceptance of ICTs

• ICTs role is ambiguous, so the boundaries between
  work and private life become even less defined.
• Tensions
• -Time-saving or time-consuming?
• -always available (cell phone)

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ICTs in the home

• Products sold for ideal use, but not used for
  such after purchase.
• Modern consumer / curious to new technologies.
• Many families do not perceive a need for ICTs,
  and current products havent addressed consumer
  needs other.

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Conclusions

• Demographics
• Everyday practices and routines
• Acceptance/use of ICT
• Domestication process
• Lesson learned
• ICT Smart Home
• Barrier
• Users perception of needs
• Users passions