From Programming to Products: Softalk Magazine and the Rise of the Personal Computer User.
In the 1980s, the user emerged as a distinct class of personal computer owner motivated by instrumental goals rather than the exploratory pleasures of hackers and hobbyists. To understand the changing values and concerns of microcomputer owners, we analyzed 1,285 reader letters published in Softalk...
| Publicado en: | Information & Culture Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 105 - 130 |
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University of Texas Press
2020
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