ISBN:
9780805831146
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (678 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Communication Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Balancing the Secrets of Private Disclosures
DDC:
302.5
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book joins together disclosure, privacy, and secrecy to pursue a greater understanding of how people are both public and private in their interactions. To be social yet autonomous, known yet unknown, independent yet dependent on others is essential to the communicative world. How do people manage these seemingly incongruous goals? This book argues that they actively work at balancing simultaneous needs of being both public and private. It highlights many different ways that people balance their public needs with their privacy needs underscoring the multidimensional nature of balance. The
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; I: Introduction to Secrets of Private Disclosures; 1. Overview of the Ways Privacy, Secrecy, and Disclosure are Balanced in Today's Society; II: Standpoints on Secrets of Private Disclosures; 2. Sex Differences in Self-Disclosure, Reciprocity of Self-Disclosure, and Self-Disclosure and Liking: Three Meta-Analyses Reviewed; 3. The Boundaries of Privacy: Praxis of Everyday Life; III: Balancing Private Disclosures of HIV/AIDS in Relationships
Description / Table of Contents:
4. Reasons for and Against Disclosing HIV-Seropositive Test Results to an Intimate Partner: A Functional Perspective5. Dilemmas of Disclosure in the Age of HIV/AIDS: Balancing Privacy and Protection in the Health Care Context; 6. Disclosure of HIV Infection in Interpersonal Relationships: A Communication Boundary Management Approach; 7. Nonverbal Vernacular Tactics of HIV Discovery Among Gay Men; IV: Balancing Private Disclosures From Health Care to Illness; 8. Self-Disclosure and Health: Revisiting Sidney Jourard's Hypothesis
Description / Table of Contents:
9. Disclosure of Chronic Illness Varies by Topic and Target: The Role of Stigma and Boundaries in Willingness to Disclose10. Promoting Patients' Full and Honest Disclosure During Conversations With Health Caregivers; V: Balancing the Secrets of Private Disclosure in Close Relationships; 11. Conflict Management Through Avoidance: Withholding Complaints, Suppressing Arguments, and Declaring Topics Taboo; 12. Motivations Underlying Topic Avoidance in Close Relationships; 13. Aggressiveness in Privacy-Seeking Behavior; 14. Family Secrets and the Lie of Identity
Description / Table of Contents:
VI: Balancing Private Disclosures in the Media and Across Cultures15. A Comparison of Self-Reported Self-Disclosure Among Chinese and North Americans; 16. "Egocasting" in the Avoidance of Disclosure: An Intercultural Perspective; 17. Disclosure and Privacy Issues on Television Talk Shows; VII: Balancing the Secret Boundaries of Private and Public Disclosures; 18. Sex Offender Community Notification Policies: Balancing Privacy and Disclosure; 19. Private Secrets and Public Disclosures: The Case of Battered Women; VIII: Balancing Future Considerations
Description / Table of Contents:
20. Some Possible Directions for Future ResearchEpilogue: Taking Stock; References; Author Index; Subject Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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