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Chapter 13 Communication Privacy Management Theory
Introduction Purpose Privacy versus disclosure Vital to managing relationships Relational and individual concerns Recency New thinking Growing field Specific focus
Evolution 1990 Men and women have different rules for disclosure 1991 Microtheoryconfined to married couples Now Macrotheory including groups and organizations
Risks Bad timing Wrong people Revealing too much Compromising others Benefits Increase social control Become more intimate Validate our perspectives Disclosure
Assumptions Rules and Systems Approach Humans are choice makers Humans are rule makers and followers Humans make choices and rules based on a consideration of both themselves and others Dialectic Theory Relational life is characterized by change Contradiction is the fundamental fact of relational life
Suppositions Private Information About things that matter deeply to a person Intimacy is knowing someone deeply in all ways Private disclosure is the process of communicating private information to another Private Boundaries Collective boundaries include more than one person Personal boundaries include just one person Control and Ownership Feeling that they own private information and believing that they should be able to control who has access to it
Critique Scope Logical Consistency Parsimony Utility Testability Heurism Test of Time
Personal As an owner of private information about myself, it should be under my control who else (if anyone) is allowed to gain access to my personal life.  So when I came home for spring break, newly single, I did not want to make it a big deal.  Unfortunately, I made the mistake of turning to my best friend and saying, “I have to tell you something later.”  Worried by my tone of voice, she started the interrogation process right in front of everyone else in the room.  Of course everyone was instantly curious.  I felt like I was losing control as they pried the details out of me.  My ownership had been violated and even though I was surrounded by friends, I felt helpless.
Question John Caughlin and Tamara Afifi found that avoiding disclosures or maintaining private ownership of information can sometimes be helpful to relationships. Specifically, they found study participants less likely to be unhappy about topic avoidance when motivated by a desire to protect the relationship, but is it ever really okay to hide something from your spouse?

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  • 1. Chapter 13 Communication Privacy Management Theory
  • 2. Introduction Purpose Privacy versus disclosure Vital to managing relationships Relational and individual concerns Recency New thinking Growing field Specific focus
  • 3. Evolution 1990 Men and women have different rules for disclosure 1991 Microtheoryconfined to married couples Now Macrotheory including groups and organizations
  • 4. Risks Bad timing Wrong people Revealing too much Compromising others Benefits Increase social control Become more intimate Validate our perspectives Disclosure
  • 5. Assumptions Rules and Systems Approach Humans are choice makers Humans are rule makers and followers Humans make choices and rules based on a consideration of both themselves and others Dialectic Theory Relational life is characterized by change Contradiction is the fundamental fact of relational life
  • 6. Suppositions Private Information About things that matter deeply to a person Intimacy is knowing someone deeply in all ways Private disclosure is the process of communicating private information to another Private Boundaries Collective boundaries include more than one person Personal boundaries include just one person Control and Ownership Feeling that they own private information and believing that they should be able to control who has access to it
  • 7. Critique Scope Logical Consistency Parsimony Utility Testability Heurism Test of Time
  • 8. Personal As an owner of private information about myself, it should be under my control who else (if anyone) is allowed to gain access to my personal life. So when I came home for spring break, newly single, I did not want to make it a big deal. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of turning to my best friend and saying, “I have to tell you something later.” Worried by my tone of voice, she started the interrogation process right in front of everyone else in the room. Of course everyone was instantly curious. I felt like I was losing control as they pried the details out of me. My ownership had been violated and even though I was surrounded by friends, I felt helpless.
  • 9. Question John Caughlin and Tamara Afifi found that avoiding disclosures or maintaining private ownership of information can sometimes be helpful to relationships. Specifically, they found study participants less likely to be unhappy about topic avoidance when motivated by a desire to protect the relationship, but is it ever really okay to hide something from your spouse?