1. In Principle 2, Petronio cites five foundational criteria that affect our personal
privacy rules. Which factor most shapes the rules you adopt? Is there one factor
that seems to include or trump the other four? Do you think any factors should
be added to the list?
2. Petronio says that ownership and control of private information don’t always go
together. Can you imagine a situation where you are the sole owner of a secret
yet have no control over its disclosure or discovery?
3. CPM states that those who are privy to private information can avoid boundary
turbulence by negotiating mutual privacy rules. Why do you think many disclosers
and their confidants fail to have this discussion?
4. You want to share a secret with a friend but fear embarrassment. How would
CPM explain this situation? How about social penetration theory? Relational
dialectics theory? Where do the theories agree and disagree?
