Conflicting informational norms within one social situation create privacy conflicts

Evidence

The previously mentioned problem of “right hand, left hand,” where people at an event have different informational norms, can create conflicts. For example, “John” may not want “Mike” to know that he is having dinner with Mike’s rival “Chris.” But Mike may learn this anyway if Chris tweets or blogs about his dinner with John. John can ask Chris to keep the dinner secret, but ultimately he cannot control how private this information will be. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 637

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘right hand, left hand’ — context collisions where parties in the same event operate under incompatible disclosure norms.
• ADDENDUM: This interpersonal privacy collision is a mechanism behind the class/identity signaling dynamics discussed in the immodesty piece — differing norms clashing in shared physical presence.
• XREF: connects to: Individual attempts to control online identity fail because others disclose without sharing one’s boundaries — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 636; Large groups require abstract norms that conflict with small-group personal relations — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 3193; Data value depends on local negotiation and control rather than universal surveillance — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 595 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Large groups require abstract norms that conflict with small-group personal relations #expands (0.82) — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 3193