Family Ties
Even if professors are hooked on the Internet, the fervor hasn't necessarily spread to their families.
Ehrenreich notes that though his wife is "tempted" to get on-line, she hasn't done it yet.
"In families, it's not yet as common," he says, although he does communicate by e-mail with his children.
And while Nagy receives e-mail every other hour from his wife, his son hasn't jumped on the information super-highway.
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"My son who's a sophomore at [University of] Chicago is e-mail phobic," Nagy says. "We have a very good telephone relationship, but he doesn't e-mail me. I still have to sell him on how e-mail can be talk substitute and a talk supplement."