Dialectic Conceptions In Social Psychology: An Application To Social Penetration And Privacy Regulation

Altman, Irwin; Vinsel, Anne; Brown, Barbara

doi:10.1016/s0065-2601(08)60371-8

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“…SPT explains and predicts relational closeness, which is seen in the superficiality or depth of the self-disclosures in a relationship. SPT posits that 'people assess interpersonal rewards and costs, satisfaction and dissatisfaction, gained from interaction with others, and that the advancement of the relationship is heavily dependent on the amount and nature of the rewards and costs ' (Altman & Taylor, 1973, p. 6;Taylor & Altman, 1975;Altman et al, 1981). Such rewards may be exhibited in the form of reciprocal disclosures from relational partners and increased liking, while costs may take the form of increased vulnerability and risks related to others (Altman & Taylor, 1973).…”

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Proposing the online community self-disclosure model: the case of working professionals in France and the U.K. who use online communities

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Lowry

Roberts

et al. 2010

European Journal of Information Systems

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The global use of online communities has exploded to involve hundreds of millions of users. Despite the tremendous social impact and business opportunities afforded by these communities, little information systems (IS) research has addressed them -especially in a cross-cultural context. Our research proposes an online community self-disclosure model, tested in a crosscultural setting using data provided by French and British working professionals. Our model is based on social exchange theory (SET) and social penetration theory (SPT), as well as on cross-cultural theory related to individualism-collectivism. SET explains that individuals engage in relationships when the perceived costs associated with the relationship are less than the expected benefits. SPT extends SET to explain that individuals participate in self-disclosure to foster relationships -reciprocation is the primary benefit of self-disclosure, whereas risk is the foundational cost of self-disclosure. Our study established several important findings: positive social influence to use an online community increases online community self-disclosure; reciprocity increases self-disclosure; online community trust increases self-disclosure; and privacy risk beliefs decrease self-disclosure. Meanwhile, a tendency toward collectivism increases self-disclosure. We further found that French participants had higher scores on horizontal individualism than British participants. Several other findings and their implications for practice are also discussed.

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Section: Theoretical Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Proposing the online community self-disclosure model: the case of working professionals in France and the U.K. who use online communities

Posey

Lowry

Roberts

et al. 2010

European Journal of Information Systems

338

171

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“…Just as the decision to conceal or reveal information is an essential component of any relationship, the navigation of the dialectical tension between openness and closedness is fundamental to close relationships (Altman, Vinsel, & Brown, 1981;Baxter, 1990;Dindia, 1998;Pawlowski, 1998). Although self-disclosure is necessary for the development of relational intimacy, too much sharing can potentially hinder relational development (Dindia, 1994;Ijams & Miller, 2000;Rawlins, 1983).…”

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“Let's (Not) Talk About That”: Bridging the Past Sexual Experiences Taboo to Build Healthy Romantic Relationships

2011

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Abstract: Privacy and sharing are believed to share a dynamic and dialectical tension, where individuals have competing needs to be both open and closed in contact with others [8]. Online, technology can impact this dynamic process [68].

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Why Privacy Is All But Forgotten

Coopamootoo

Groß

2017

Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies

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Privacy and sharing are believed to share a dynamic and dialectical tension, where individuals have competing needs to be both open and closed in contact with others [8]. Online, technology can impact this dynamic process [68]. Indeed, a number of researchers observed that users' stated privacy attitude do not match their behavior [2,3,23,30,64,81]. In these studies privacy attitude is compared with behavior via a number of concepts related to privacy. While it is known in psychology that attitudes are multidimensional constructs [10,15,76], the question arises whether the user ambivalence with regards to privacy is due to different or contradictory cognitive and affective components of privacy and sharing attitude. We conducted an empirical study to investigate the difference between privacy attitude and sharing attitude. A US sample of N = 60 MTurk workers was assigned to two groups and asked to describe in a 250-word freeform response what [privacy/sharing] online means for them. Responses were coded in quantitative content analysis. The presence and frequency of codes were compared across conditions. Emotions and relationships to other parties were evaluated as predictors for a discriminative logistic regression classifying both attitudes. We found that privacy and sharing attitude differ significantly across a number of the extracted codes. Participants in privacy attitude were significantly more likely to express fear and significantly less likely to express happiness. For sharing attitude the reverse is true. We found that a discriminant logistic regression on a tone analysis of the participants' responses offers excellent discrimination between privacy and sharing attitude. We cross-validated this classifier with another sample of N = 54. The observed differences contribute an understanding of user states in privacy (and sharing) situations online and has implications for both privacy research and practice.

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Dialectic Conceptions In Social Psychology: An Application To Social Penetration And Privacy Regulation

Cited by 187 publications

References 30 publications

Proposing the online community self-disclosure model: the case of working professionals in France and the U.K. who use online communities

Proposing the online community self-disclosure model: the case of working professionals in France and the U.K. who use online communities

“Let's (Not) Talk About That”: Bridging the Past Sexual Experiences Taboo to Build Healthy Romantic Relationships

Why Privacy Is All But Forgotten

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