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Explain the Basic Principles Behind Petronio's Communication Privacy Management Theory

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Explain the basic principles behind Petronio's communication privacy management theory. How do couples/families decide the process of sharing information? How are these rules communicated to others? What advantages are there to sharing information freely with outsiders? What are the advantages of keeping information private?


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Reflexive Modernity

A new period of modernity in which the traditional stability-maintaining structures of class, family, and industrial forms of production have waned, placing greater pressure on people to create their own sense of stability and identity.

Ontological Security

A stable mental state derived from a sense of continuity in one's social and material identities, providing a sense of order in one's life.

Task Time

An organic sense of time in which work is shaped by the demands of the task to be performed. For example, work in a farming community is shaped by the seasons.

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