What do we know about the way families interact and socialise with each other in the 'postmodern' information age? Despite all the valuable research in the field, it has been argued that we still know very little about the context of ICTs use, at home, at work, or elsewhere. Media has become part of the...

Family homes are equipped with multiple television sets, personal computers, digital music players, mobile telephones, fax machines, DVD players and electronic game consoles, the home is now a communication hub, enabling family members to perform numerous activities in a variety of times and spaces. As such, families are dealing with the cumulative effects of household...