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Videotex is considered to be a powerful, but simple to use, computer network available for use in homes, offices, and schools. Information in the form of text and color graphics can be requested and displayed on the user’s television set. While retrieval of information is the first service provided on videotex, many other services, including electronic mail, electronic shopping, and electronic funds transfer, will be developed. However, in order to achieve the popularity predicted for videotex, a number of human factors and social problems must be solved. Research concerning some of these problems, and the role psychologists can play in their solution, is described.
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This research was supported by Grant G0365 from the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada to the authors.
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Dillon, R.F., Tombaugh, J.W. Psychological research on videotex. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation 14, 191–197 (1982). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202152
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