Week 1 Flashcards
utopia definition
a community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for citizens
dystopia definition
a community or society that is undesirable of frightening
Westin about privacy:
Privacy is a basic, a dynamic process and non-monotomic
Westin: 4 purposes of privacy
- personal autonomy
- emotional release
- self-evaluation
- limited and protected boundaries
Westin: 4 states of privacy
- solitude
- reserved
- intimacy
- anonymity
Altman about privacy:
Privacy is a selective control of access to the self or one’s group
Altman: 5 elements of privacy
- dynamic process
- individual vs group levels
- desired vs actual level
- non-monotonic
- by-directional
Petronio about privacy
Privacy is “the selective control of access to the self” (Altman, 1975); we need to regulate boundaries we put between ourselves and others
context collapse definition
the phenomenon where technology flattens multiple audiences into one
the privacy trade off
normally: more information = more useful
service setting: more information = less useful
Accuracy of personal information x amount of personal information externalized: 4 states
1.Transparency: disclose large amounts of information, reveal an accurate representation of the self
2. Confidentiality: externalization is restricted but highly accurate information
3. Anonymity: sharing of personal information while concealing a consumer’s real identity
4. Secrecy: sharing of little and potentially inaccurate information, avoid digital representations of the self
3 categories of sharing benefits
- financial rewards
- social benefits
- personalization benefits
privacy calculus
In considering risks, people need to distinguish between (1) likelihood of the risk and (2) severity of the risk
privacy paradox
Users express concerns about their data online, but this has no relation to their amount of information sharing
