Transformations of Privacy

The project "Transformations of privacy" is funded by the Volkswagen foundation and analyses how the change in the structure of privacy affects freedom, democracy, and overall our information society. The project is interdisciplinary and the following four disciplines are contributing to the project: political theory, law, information science, and communication science.

Our project deals with the question of how privacy is managed in online and social media, how users try to satisfy the needs for self-disclosure and privacy at the same time, how communication partners negotiate their risks and benefits, and how this affects the attitudes towards privacy both in online communication and in general.

For more information, please see the project's website.

The other investigators in the project

Prof. Dr. Sandra Seubert (Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main)
Prof. Dr. Christoph Gusy (University Bielefeld)
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Grimm (University Koblenz-Landau).

Contact persons

Prof. Dr. Sabine Trepte
E-Mail: sabine.trepte@uni-hohenheim.de

Dr. Tobias Dienlin
E-Mail: tobias.dienlin@uni-hohenheim.de

Project runtime

1st May 2014 - 31st March 2021

Publications

Bräunlich, K., Dienlin, T., Eichenhofer, J., Helm, P., Trepte, S., Grimm, R., Seubert, S., & Gusy, C. (in press). Linking loose ends: The interdisciplinary privacy and communication model. New Media and Society.

Trepte, S., Scharkow, M., & Dienlin, T. (2020). The privacy calculus contextualized: The influence of affordances. Computers in Human Behavior, 104, 106115. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2019.08.02

Dienlin, T., Bräunlich, K., & Trepte, S. (2018, September). Der Einfluss von Like und Dislike-Buttons auf die Selbstoffenbarung bei politischen Beteiligungsportalen. Paper presented at the 51st Annual Conference of the DGPs, Frankfurt, Germany. (Presentation)

Dienlin, T. (2018). Das Privacy Paradox aus psychologischer Perspektive. In L. Specht, S. Werry, & N. Werry (Eds.), Handbuch Datenrecht und Digitalisierung. Berlin, Germany: Erich Schmidt Verlag. Im Erscheinen.

Masur, P. K., Teutsch, D., & Dienlin, T. (2018). Privatheit in der Online-Kommunikation. In W. Schweiger & K. Beck (Eds.), Handbuch Online-Kommunikation (2nd ed.). Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer VS. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-18017-1_16-1

Dienlin, T., Trepte, S., & Scharkow, M. (2017, May). Self-disclosure and the affordances of SNSs: Testing the privacy calculus within an experimental framework. Paper presented at the ICA’s 67th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.

Trepte, S. (2016). Die Zukunft der informationellen Selbstbestimmung – Kontrolle oder Kommunikation? In Stiftung Datenschutz (Ed.), DatenDebatten: Vol. 1. Zukunft der informationellen Selbstbestimmung (pp. 159–170). Berlin, Germany: Erich Schmidt.

Trepte, S. (2015). Social media, privacy, and self-disclosure: The turbulence caused by social media’s affordances. Social Media + Society, 1. doi:10.1177/2056305115578681

Trepte, S., Masur, P. K., Scharkow, M., & Dienlin, T. (2015). Privatheitsbedürfnisse verschiedener Kommunikationstypen on- und offline. Media Perspektiven, 250–257.