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11%OFFHelen Nissenbaum - Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life - 9780804752374 - V9780804752374
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Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life

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Privacy is one of the most urgent issues associated with information technology and digital media. This book claims that what people really care about when they complain and protest that privacy has been violated is not the act of sharing information itself—most people understand that this is crucial to social life —but the inappropriate, improper sharing of information.

Arguing that privacy concerns should not be limited solely to concern about control over personal information, Helen Nissenbaum counters that information ought to be distributed and protected according to norms governing distinct social contexts—whether it be workplace, health care, schools, or ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804752374
SKU
V9780804752374
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About Helen Nissenbaum
Helen Nissenbaum is Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, and Computer Science and Senior Fellow of the Information Law Institute at New York University. She is the coeditor of Academy and the Internet (2004) and Computers, Ethics, and Social Values (1995), and the author of Emotion and Focus (1985).

Reviews for Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life
"Privacy in Context is a major achievement. It is rare for anyone to come into a field so well plowed and make a genuine contribution. Grounded in extensive knowledge of the theoretical literature and a real engagement with the practicalities of informational instability that surround us, Nissenbaum's new framing of the tensions raised by surveillance and processing of information is ... Read more

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