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Communication Privacy Management Theory (Sandra Petronio). COM 452 Summer, 2010. Nutshell Description. A relationship requires both public and private boundaries between the feelings we want to share and those we want to keep to ourselves.
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Communication Privacy Management Theory (Sandra Petronio) COM 452 Summer, 2010
Nutshell Description • A relationship requires both public and private boundaries between the feelings we want to share and those we want to keep to ourselves. • Negotiation and coordinating are processes whereby we keep these boundaries defined. • The clarity of the defined boundary is based on the level of intimacy in the relationship. • Based on critiques of studies of self-disclosure and social penetration theory
Key Ideas • Dialectical tension between the public and the private • Private information conceptualized as possession • Privacy rules • Shared boundaries • Boundary coordination • Boundary turbulence
Applications of CPM Theory • Stepfamily communication • Marital communication • HIV disclosure • Child sexual abuse • Family planning