Boundaries of Privacy: Dialectics of Disclosure

Sandra Sporbert Petronio

State University of New York Press, Oct 10, 2002 - Family & Relationships - 268 pages

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Boundaries of Privacy: Dialectics of Disclosure; G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series; SUNY series in Communication Studies
• Author: Sandra Sporbert Petronio
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2002
• ISBN: 0791455165, 9780791455166
• Length: 268 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / Family Relationships; Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies; Law / Privacy; Social Science / Sociology / General