... inhabitants into national citizens), commercial goals (profits by selling
food, drinks, and entertainment), and educational aims (informing citizens of
new developments in technology, promoting ... as checking e-mail, up-
loading a mov ie to YouTube, online role-playing, listening to mp3 music, or using
an e-learning environment. When it comes to digital material, the lines separating
objec...
... discontinuance of an innovation is a
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THE INTERNET IN EVERYDAY LIFE: AN INTRODUCTION
Caroline Haythornthwaite and Barry Wellman
Draft of chapter to appear in The Internet in Everyday Life, ... watching television, gardening, reading newspapers,
magazines and books, shopping, telephoning, going to the pub, doing nothing, writing letters,
sleeping, playing computer games,...