Boundaries of privacy : dialectics of disclosure / Sandra Petronio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petronio, Sandra Sporbert.

Series:

SUNY series in communication studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-disclosure.

Secrecy.

Privacy.

Interpersonal communication.

Physical Description:

xix, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2002]

Summary:

Offering a practical theory for why people make decisions about revealing and concealing private information. Boundaries of Privacy taps into everyday problems in our personal relationships, our health concerns, and our work to investigate the way we manage our private lives. Petronio argues that in addition to owning our own private information, we also take on the responsibility of guarding other people's private information when it is put into our trust. This can often lead to betrayal, errors in judgment, deception, gossip, and privacy dilemmas. Petronio's book serves as a guide to understanding why certain decisions about privacy succeed while others fail.

Contents:

1. Overview of Communication Privacy Management 1

Theoretical Suppositions 5

Supposition 1 Private Information 5

Supposition 2 Privacy Boundaries 6

Supposition 3 Control and Ownership 9

Supposition 4 Rule-Based Management System 10

Supposition 5 Privacy Management Dialectics 12

Privacy Rule Management Processes 23

Management Process 1 Privacy Rule Foundations 23

Management Process 2 Boundary Coordination Operations 28

Management Process 3 Boundary Turbulence 33

2. Rule Management Process 1: Privacy Rule Foundations 37

Privacy Rule Development 38

Privacy Rule Development: Cultural Criteria 40

Privacy Rule Development: Gendered Criteria 42

Privacy Rule Development: Motivational Criteria 49

Privacy Rule Development: Contextual Criteria 57

Privacy Rule Development: Risk-Benefit Ratio Criteria 65

Privacy Rule Attributes 71

Rule Acquisition 72

Rule Properties 79

3. Rule Management Process 2: Boundary Coordination Operations 85

Coordination Operations 88

Boundary Linkages 88

Boundary Permeability 99

Boundary Ownership 105

Boundary Co-ownership: Private Disclosure Confidants 109

4. Cases of Boundary Coordination 127

Collective Coordination Patterns 127

Inclusive Boundary Coordination 127

Intersected Boundary Coordination 132

Unified Boundary Coordination 134

Dyadic Privacy Boundaries 136

Relational Privacy Boundaries 136

Marital and Significant Partner Privacy Boundaries 142

Family Privacy Boundaries 151

Boundary Spheres 151

Family Privacy Rule Orientations 156

Group Privacy Boundaries 166

Group Confidences 167

Reinforcing Group Boundaries 169

Organizational Privacy Boundaries 170

Superior-Subordinate Boundaries 170

Vagueness as Privacy Protection 171

Employee-Employer Privacy Rights 172

5. Rule Management Process 3: Boundary Turbulence 177

Types of Boundary Turbulence 177

Intentional Rule Violations 178

Boundary Rule Mistakes 184

Fuzzy Boundaries 190

Dissimilar Boundary Orientations 194

Boundary Definition Predicaments 195

Privacy Dilemmas 199

6. Practices and Praxis of Communication Privacy Management 205

Applications of CPM 205

Medical Mistakes 205

Child Sexual Abuse 210

HIV/AIDS 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-256) and indexes.

ISBN:

0791455157

0791455165

OCLC:

49529880