One: Introduction.- Computerized Information Processing of the Private Household: A Framework.- Two: Infrastructures.- In-home Infrastructures.- Microsoft Brings Personal Computing Home.- Digital Devices and Advanced Technology for the Consumer Market.- Bang & Olufsen's Integrated Home-Networking with Beolink.- Out-of-home Infrastructures.- Oracle Media - Enabling the Information Age.- SmartCards as Carrier of Personal Data and Documents.- Deutsche Telekom's Network Platform for Interactive Video Services.- Three: Applications.- The Citizen's Information System "Dresden and the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady)" - Realization, Experiences, Prospects.- Books of the Next Generation - Reading on the Electronic Frontier.- Electronic Agents and the Market Place: New Generations of Electronic Services for Consumers.- Home Systems - The Vision.- Teleshopping: Today's Solutions and Future Trends.- Private Household Shopping Behavior.- Interactive Multimedia and In-Home Marketing.- New Media: A Growth Market in Erotica and Pornography for Beate Uhse.- SEGA Game Applications: Consoles, Games and Development Possibilities.- TV of the Future - The Future of TV.- Interactive Video-Services for the Residential Customer.- Information Technology and Applications for Elderly and Disabled People.- Four: Current Projects.- The Information Society - Developments in the Triad of Europe, North America and Japan.- Home Automation - Recent Developments in the Genesis and Diffusion of Intelligent Home Technology in Europe, Japan, and the USA.- Multimedia Application Services.- Time Warner Cable Full Service Network - Silicon Graphics Technology and Architecture Overview.- Burda New Media's Multimedia Activities for Private Customers.- Agent Based Communication inTraffic Telematics.- Five: Impacts and Implications.- Business Impacts.- New Products and Services for Private Households on the Information Highway: Facts and Obstacles.- New Visions of Information Technology and Postmodernism: Implications for Advertising and Marketing Communications.- Seven Theses on Successful Market Development for Home Management Systems.- Stand-alone Multimedia in the Private Household.- Strategic Management and Transformation in Converging Industries - Towards the Information Society.- The Multimedia Marketplace in the Private Household - Some Observations and Comments.- Information Technologies in the Home: Policies and Markets.- Social Implications.- Computer Use at Home - A Cultural Challenge to Technology Development.- The Home in Transition: Social Implications of Home Information Technologies.- Author Profiles.