Week 1 Flashcards
meaning utopia & dystopia
utopia= a community/society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizen
dystopia= a community/society that is undesirable or frightening
Functions of utopian worldview
- optimism about the future
- strong belief in technological development
- push to invest in technological developments
- cultural change towards individualization and individual empowerment
the 4 industrial revolutions
First (1760-1820): mechanical production, railroads and steam power
Second (1870-1914): mass production, electrical power and the advent of the assembly line
Third (1969-??): automated production, electronics and computer
Fourth (2012-??): artificial intelligence, big data, robotics etc.
By which 3 factors is privacy defined?
- privacy is defined by cultures (blue door is different in NL than in Sweden)
- privacy is defined by time (clothes or houses 20 years ago were different than now)
- privacy is defined by individuals (I give it a different meaning than someone else)
uncertainty avoidance
the extent to which a society, or group relies on social norms, rules and procedures to minimze the unpredictability of future events
3 theoretical perspectives on privacy
- political-scientific approach: privacy in interaction with others/society as whole
- psychological approach: privacy for the self (well-being and identity regulation)
- communication approach: privacy as information ownership and sharing
definition privacy according to westin (political scientific approach)
privacy is the claim of individuals, groups, or institutions to determine for themselves when, how, and to what extent info about them is communicated to others
features about privacy according to westin (politcal scientific approach)
- privacy is a basic need which helps us adjust to day-to-day interpersonal interactions
- privacy is a dynamic process & non-monotonic
- privacy is a selective control of access to the self or to one’s group
four purposes of privacy (Westin)
- Personal autonomy: not being manipulated
- emotional release: freedom from roles and outside expectations
- self evaluation: freedom to think, process info and make plans
- limited and protected boundaries: ability to limit who has acces to what info
four states of privacy (westin)
- solitude: no observation from others
- reserve: right to decide what to share and what not
- intimacy: small group of people with a strong bond
- anonymity: the right not to be identified
privacy regulation theory (altman)
understanding why individuals alternate between states of sociality and solitude
five elements of privacy according to altman (psychological approach)
- Dynamic process
- Individuals vs group levels
- desired vs actual level
- non-monotonic (too much or not sufficient privacy): the stranger on the train vs a friend
- by-directional (inwards and outwards)
what does petroni say about privacy (communication approach)
- we need to regulate boundaries we put between ourselves and others
- big shift of how we understand/measure privacy: speaking less of physical privacy, more about info privacy and what we do online
2 confusing fact about online communication according to the article of Walter
- our online communication is usually accessible to a vast number of people (known people as well as unknown)
- many users appear not to feel threatened in terms of their need food and experiences of privacy when communication online
definition self disclosure
the act of revealing personal info to others. It is an intentional act typically communicated trough verbal behaviors describing the person, his/her experiences and feelings