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COMMUNICATION PRIVACY MANAGEMENT THEORY - Coggle Diagram
COMMUNICATION PRIVACY MANAGEMENT THEORY
INTRO
CPM studies how people handle sharing & keep private information within relationship
e.g Lisa engages in conversation with coworkers without telling them that she`s feelingharried
Evolution
Microtheory - a theory with limited boundaries. It focused only on how people manage privacy within marriages/intimate relationship.
Now, CPM covers privacy in various relationships beyond marriage, including groups & organizations - Macrotheory
Name Change - from "Communication Boundary Management" in 1991 to CPM in 2002 to highlight its focus on private disclosures.
Petronio's article "Please Stand By" aims to refine the theory based on real data, indicating its ongoing evolution and improvement.
Assumption
Human are choice makers
CPM helps people decide to share or keep things private in relationships & how these choices affect how close we are to others.
e.g Ali decide whether he should or not to share his personal information to his friend.
Ali have the "right to control" the information then if he decide to reveal, it becomes "co-owned" by his friend.
Human are rule makers & rule followers
rules guide us on what to share/keep private & we use mental calculation to decide.
rules come from various factors like culture, gender & situation.
people believe they have right to control their private information, so they use these rules to protect that right
Key Terms
Private disclosure focuses more on personal details shared than what we find in typical self-disclosure studies
CPM examines how people disclose through a rule-bases system
CPM sees disclosure as more than just talking about oneself. It views disclosure as part of how people communicate with each other
Principle
Private Information Ownership
people feel they own their information & can control it.
research Petronio w Jeff Child & Judy Pearson, shows that while people say they own their priv. info, online behavior sometimes contradicts this claim
Private Information Control
i feel i "own" my private information, i get to choose how i control it
e.g Like Lisa in our story who keeps her feelings private abt her roomate's romantic life
Petronio explains that control can range from high (sharing w few) to moderate (sharing w some) to low (sharing w many), like when Robyn decides to tell abt her breast cancer diagnosis.
Private Information Rules
people decided how to control their private information based on rules
Petronio believes that these rules guide how individuals manage their private information
2 main parts : development & attributes
these rules are guided by 2 criteria : core & catalyst, helping decided when to share/hide information
PI Co-ownership & Guardianship
talks abt when private information involves more than just one person, it becomes part of the relationship
e.g when Lisa& her mother talk abt Margo, Lisa's SIL, it is clear that the information is to be kept fron Margo & Lisa's brother.(boundary coordination)
PI Boundary Turbulence
talks abt what happens when privacy rules dont work/ when people misunderstand them
BT happens when rules fr sharing information aren't clear or when people's expectations abt privacy clash
e.g If someone shares ur private information wthot permission/ if one person expects more openness than the other in relationship, it can causes clashes.
Petronio says that when this happens, people try to fix it by making changes to reduce the clashes & make things work better.
turbulence can occur when boundaries are unclear or when people hv diff ideas abt what should be private.
Closing
CPM provides us a useful framework as we seek to unravel the many & varied comm practices we undertake in our lives