Privacy Online Perspectives on Privacy and Self-Disclosure in the Social Web

From the reviews:

“Trepte and Reinecke … have compiled contributions from 31 authors to produce this volume. … it is a well-written, easily understood text. … This is a great source for privacy researchers and laypeople who are concerned about their own privacy in the ever-increasing virtual world. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels.” (B. G. Turner, Choice, Vol. 49 (5), January, 2012)

“The chapters provide a useful overview of the current research into online privacy, mainly as a social behavior, but also offering some consideration of its institutional or structural dimensions. ... As a primer on the major theoretical influences, bodies of scholarship, and methodological approaches to studying online privacy as a behavioral contruct, this collection certainly constitutes a valuable resource.” (T. Shepherd, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Vol. 56 (4), 2012)

“This book will benefit anyone interested in reading it. … the easily read yet profoundly insightful presentations will be quite helpful in thinking about the intersection of personal and technological factors that create the confusing world of online privacy. Each chapter has a comprehensive list of references, and the comprehensive index is quite helpful. … This presentation is … about the human needs and interactions that inform such technology.” (Brad Reid, ACM Computing Reviews, February, 2012)

Sabine Trepte has been a Professor of Media Management at the Hamburg Media School, Germany, since 2006. She is the head of the research project “How Web 2.0 Use Affects the Users’ Need for Privacy and Self-Disclosure: A Longitudinal Study,” funded by the German Research Foundation, where she and her research team focus on the effects of the use of social networking sites and weblogs on self-disclosure, the need for privacy, and social capital. She has published five books and numerous journal articles in these areas.

Leonard Reinecke is a member of Sabine’s research team at the Hamburg Media School. Together with Sabine, he founded the “Young Scholars’ Network on Privacy & Web 2.0,” which is funded by the German Research Foundation and unites 15 international scholars from five countries.  Leonard has published his research in a number of international peer-reviewed journals.