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Explores new ways to think about privacy and disclosure.
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.
"This is a wonderful book! It is wide-ranging in scope, carefully crafted, and scholarly. Sandra Petronio has set the stage for research and theorizing for a generation to come." — Irwin Altman, University of Utah
"Finally, a book exists that not only lays out the privacy and disclosure literature, but also explains the rules we use to manage our private information. This is a fascinating book that examines the ways we use communication to construct and manage the multiple boundaries that exist in our daily lives. By examining the rules we use to balance our private boundaries, Petronio provides scholars additional insights into the personal management strategies individuals use during interpersonal interactions." — Jack Sargent, Kean University
"This book provides a coherent approach from which to understand the disclosure process itself, not just disclosure decisions. The inclusion of decision rules and turbulence provides new avenues for further exploration. The holistic picture of how disclosure is managed in relationships will advance understanding of management of private information." — Kathryn Greene, Rutgers University
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
1. Overview of Communication Privacy Management
Theoretical Suppositions
Supposition 1: Private Information
Supposition 2: Privacy Boundaries
Supposition 3: Control and Ownership
Supposition 4: Rule-Based Management System
Supposition 5: Privacy Management Dialectics
Privacy Rule Management Processes
Management Process 1: Privacy Rule Foundations
Management Process 2: Boundary Coordination Operations
Management Process 3: Boundary Turbulence
Organization of the Book
2. Rule Management Process 1: Privacy Rule Foundations
Privacy Rule Development
Privacy Rule Development: Cultural Criteria
Privacy Rule Development: Gendered Criteria
Privacy Rule Development: Motivational Criteria
Privacy Rule Development: Contextual Criteria
Privacy Rule Development: Risk-Benefit Ratio Criteria
Privacy Rule Attributes
Rule Acquisition
Rule Properties
Conclusion
3. Rule Management Process 2: Boundary Coordination Operations
Coordination Operations
Boundary Linkages
Boundary Permeability
Boundary Ownership
Boundary Co-ownership: Private Disclosure Confidants
Conclusion
4. Cases of Boundary Coordination
Collective Coordination Patterns
Inclusive Boundary Coordination
Intersected Boundary Coordination
Unified Boundary Coordination
Dyadic Privacy Boundaries
Relational Privacy Boundaries
Marital and Significant Partner Privacy Boundaries
Family Privacy Boundaries
Boundary Spheres
Family Privacy Rule Orientations
Group Privacy Boundaries
Group Confidences
Reinforcing Group Boundaries
Organizational Privacy Boundaries
Superior-Subordinate Boundaries
Vagueness as Privacy Protection
Employee-Employer Privacy Rights
Conclusion
5. Rule Management Process 3: Boundary Turbulence
Types of Boundary Turbulence
Intentional Rule Violations
Boundary Rule Mistakes
Fuzzy Boundaries
Dissimilar Boundary Orientations
Boundary Definition Predicaments
Privacy Dilemmas
Conclusion
6. Practices and Praxis of Communication Privacy Management
Applications of CPM
Medical Mistakes
Child Sexual Abuse
HIV/AIDS
Conclusion and Future Issues
References
Author Index
Subject Index