| Title |
A Study on the Privacy Control Mechanism of Residents in Apartment Complex |
| Authors |
Cho Sung-Heui ; Park Ji-Hye |
| Keywords |
Privacy ; Apartment Complex ; Neighborhood ; We-awareness ; Boundary-control ; Control Mechanism |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to understand the privacy of apartment household. The investigators specifically focused on exploring privacy cognitive types and space using behavior of residents, in order to develop the privacy regulation model in an apartment complex. Surveys and in-depth-interviews were used for date collection. The questionnaire survey was conducted for housewives living in apartments in Busan. As a result, 514 cases were collected and analyzed. The results of this study are as follows: First, secrecy, control, expression, and safety were considered important facets of privacy while cognition regarding solitude and anonymity were relatively unimportant. Second, apartment residents showed ‘We-awareness’ toward their neighborhood within the apartment complex, and apartment residents believed that their privacy could be achieved by controlling social and physical boundaries of an apartment complex. Third, in terms of information regulation within the apartment complex, the apartment residents desired to appropriately control access of their information by using anonymity, different space, and certain behavior toward apartment and non-apartment residents. This study examined the basic characteristics of the privacy regulation mechanism of household in an apartment complex in Korea. The results provide a fundamental guideline for planning and designing residential spaces of the future. |