Document Type
Report
Publication Date
8-1-1978
Approximate Date
1978-08-01
Report Number
11
Abstract
This paper presents a discussion of the potential uses of privacy, confidentiality and anonymity in computerized conferencing.
Section I begins with definitions of the concepts, their aspects and allied terms; and briefly discusses their use in general communications and problem-solving activities.
Section II explores their use in social research, particularly the survey method, a field that may yield useful analogues for computerized conferencing.
Section III outlines the various functions of privacy, confidentiality and anonymity that have been proposed for their constructive use in computerized conferencing.
Section IV reports various difficulties and compromises that have been encountered to date in striving to achieve true privacy, confidentiality or anonymity in computerized conferencing.
Section V gives preliminary estimates of various ways of enhancing the concepts through computerized conferencing.
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Recommended Citation
Computerized Conferencing & Communications Center and Bezilla, Robert, "A discussion of selected aspects of privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity in computerized conferencing" (1978). Computerized Conferencing and Communications Center Reports. 10.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/ccccreports/10
