I look at this from a slightly different perspective. Using Goffman's notion of embarrassment and by extension being embarrassed for others (before they eventually get the chance to be embarrassed themselves)
Another take is to use the material that Sprayer et al are doing in Utah on "tunnel vision" while driving and then reapply that to "tunnel vision" in social situations. Svein Bergvik does that (among other things in his paper on "Disturbing cell phone behavior - a psychological perspective Rich L. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Brake Sent: Friday, 25 November, 2005 06:06 AM To: Discussions on mobile communicaitons and social change Subject: [mobile-society] Best sociological or social psych lit on the "imagined privacy" phenomenon? What chapters or papers would people recommend as analyses of the phenomenon we have all observed where people convince themselves that nobody around them can hear them on their phones? I know I have read such a paper but can't find it now. I'm not interested in papers that quantify the phenomenon or its distribution - I'm looking for papers that talk about why psychologically this mental 'censorship' is necesssary or that relate it to other similar phenomena (perhaps in a historical context?) or that ask what it means for society that we are increasingly hearing little bits of other people's conversations. Thanks in advance... --- You are currently subscribed to mobile-society as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% --- You are currently subscribed to mobile-society as: archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
