Boundaries of Privacy

by Petronio, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9780791455159
• ISBN10: 0791455157
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Author Biography

Sandra Petronio is Professor in the Department of Communication and School of Medicine at Wayne State University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xi
Foreword	xiii
Preface	xvii
Overview of Communication Privacy Management	1	(36)
Theoretical Suppositions	5	(18)
Supposition 1: Private Information	5	(1)
Supposition 2: Privacy Boundaries	6	(3)
Supposition 3: Control and Ownership	9	(1)
Supposition 4: Rule-Based Management System	10	(2)
Supposition 5: Privacy Management Dialectics	12	(11)
Privacy Rule Management Processes	23	(10)
Management Process 1: Privacy Rule Foundations	23	(5)
Management Process 2: Boundary Coordination Operations	28	(5)
Management Process 3: Boundary Turbulence	33	(1)
Organization of the Book	33	(4)
Rule Management Process 1: Privacy Rule Foundations	37	(48)
Privacy Rule Development	38	(33)
Privacy Rule Development: Cultural Criteria	40	(2)
Privacy Rule Development: Gendered Criteria	42	(7)
Privacy Rule Development: Motivational Criteria	49	(8)
Privacy Rule Development: Contextual Criteria	57	(8)
Privacy Rule Development: Risk-Benefit Ratio Criteria	65	(6)
Privacy Rule Attributes	71	(11)
Rule Acquisition	72	(7)
Rule Properties	79	(3)
Conclusion	82	(3)
Rule Management Process 2: Boundary Coordination Operations	85	(42)
Coordination Operations	88	(36)
Boundary Linkages	88	(11)
Boundary Permeability	99	(6)
Boundary Ownership	105	(4)
Boundary Co-ownership: Private Disclosure Confidants	109	(15)
Conclusion	124	(3)
Cases of Boundary Coordination	127	(50)
Collective Coordination Patterns	127	(9)
Inclusive Boundary Coordination	127	(5)
Intersected Boundary Coordination	132	(2)
Unified Boundary Coordination	134	(2)
Dyadic Privacy Boundaries	136	(15)
Relational Privacy Boundaries	136	(6)
Marital and Significant Partner Privacy Boundaries	142	(9)
Family Privacy Boundaries	151	(15)
Boundary Spheres	151	(5)
Family Privacy Rule Orientations	156	(10)
Group Privacy Boundaries	166	(4)
Group Confidences	167	(2)
Reinforcing Group Boundaries	169	(1)
Organizational Privacy Boundaries	170	(6)
Superior-Subordinate Boundaries	170	(1)
Vagueness as Privacy Protection	171	(1)
Employee-Employer Privacy Rights	172	(4)
Conclusion	176	(1)
Rule Management Process 3: Boundary Turbulence	177	(28)
Types of Boundary Turbulence	177	(26)
Intentional Rule Violations	178	(6)
Boundary Rule Mistakes	184	(6)
Fuzzy Boundaries	190	(4)
Dissimilar Boundary Orientations	194	(1)
Boundary Definition Predicaments	195	(4)
Privacy Dilemmas	199	(4)
Conclusion	203	(2)
Practices and Praxis of Communication Privacy Management	205	(22)
Applications of CPM	205	(19)
Medical Mistakes	205	(5)
Child Sexual Abuse	210	(7)
HIV/AIDS	217	(7)
Conclusion and Future Issues	224	(3)
References	227	(30)
Author Index	257	(7)
Subject Index	264