Boundaries of Privacy: Dialectics of Disclosure (SUNY series in Communication Studies) - Softcover

Petronio, Sandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791455165 ISBN 13: 9780791455166

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2002

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Sandra Petronio is Professor in the Department of Communication and School of Medicine at Wayne State University. She is the editor of Balancing the Secrets of Private Disclosures.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791455165
• ISBN 13: 9780791455166
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288