The Private World of Sharing and Cooperation

Swati Bhatt
Additional contact information
Swati Bhatt: Princeton University

Chapter 7 in How Digital Communication Technology Shapes Markets, 2017, pp 119-132 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Connectivity builds bridges between individuals’ private space and threatens notions of identity and privacy. While the notion of privacy as anonymity is relatively new from a historical point of view, the constitutional guarantees pertain to lines of control over what we share, when we share and with whom we share. Anonymity implies the absence of any form of identity so the requirement is not one of erasing identity but rather preserving that identity in a secure and undisturbed form. People don’t want to vanish into obscurity, they want to be known as obscure, private individuals. There is, however, the reality that DCT has swamped our ability to create privacy shields and that transparency may be the new normal.

Keywords: Freedom speech; Choice of medium and message; Anonymity versus privacy; National security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:paiecp:978-3-319-47250-8_7

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.palgrave.com/9783319472508

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47250-8_7

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Palgrave Advances in Economics of Innovation and Technology from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().