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A Social‐Psychological Examination of Privacy
Author(s) -
KELVIN PETER
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1973.tb00065.x
Subject(s) - psychology , power (physics) , information privacy , internet privacy , social psychology , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics
Privacy has been almost wholly neglected as an area of study. This paper attempts to clarify some of the basic conceptual problems associated with privacy which may have been partly responsible for inhibiting research. In particular, it examines the relationship between privacy and social power and norms. In conclusion, it suggests an approach to the measurement of privacy and an attempt at a tentative theoretical model for the study of privacy.