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Privacy on Social Networking Sites within a culture of Exchange

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The paper describes the relationship between the concept of privacy and a culture of exchange. First, I will ground a notion of a culture of exchange on a critical political economy analysis. Second, I will follow this line of argumentation by having a look at the realm of ideas within a culture of exchange. It is shown that current notions of privacy fall within the framework of possessive individualistic thinking. Third, I will show for social networking sites (SNS) that privacy and its supposed opponent surveillance are both related to private property and belong genuinely to a culture of exchange. In the concluding section, I will briefly discuss normative problems of a culture of exchange in general, its influence on SNS, and the issue of privacy.

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Sevignani, Sebastian: Privacy on Social Networking Sites within a culture of Exchange. In: Sützl, Wolfgang;Stalder, Felix;Maier, Ronald: Media, Knowledge and Education / Medien - Wissen - Bildung. Cultures and Ethics of Sharing / Kulturen und Ethiken des Teilens. Innsbruck: Innsbruck University Press 2012, S. 89-103. DOI: 10.25969/mediarep/2049.
@INCOLLECTION{Sevignani2012,
 author = {Sevignani, Sebastian},
 title = {Privacy on Social Networking Sites within a culture of Exchange},
 year = 2012,
 doi = {10.25969/mediarep/2049},
 editor = {Sützl, Wolfgang and Stalder, Felix and Maier, Ronald},
 address = {Innsbruck},
 series = {Medien – Wissen – Bildung},
 booktitle = {Media, Knowledge and Education / Medien - Wissen - Bildung. Cultures and Ethics of Sharing / Kulturen und Ethiken des Teilens},
 pages = {89--103},
 publisher = {Innsbruck University Press},
 isbn = {978-3-902811-74-5},
}
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