{"title":"An Onto-Epistemological Analysis of Information Privacy Research","authors":"Heng Xu, Nan Zhang","doi":"10.1287/isre.2021.0633","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Privacy is one of the most pressing concerns in the continuously evolving landscape of information technology. Despite decades of vigorous and multifaceted exploration in the interdisciplinary field of information privacy, a consensual or unifying theory remains elusive. Moreover, the complexities of issues surrounding privacy are frequently labeled as “too big to understand” in the public press. At this critical juncture, it is beneficial to delve deeper into the foundational assumptions that privacy scholars have about privacy phenomena. In this commentary, we offer a fresh perspective by drawing on Dreyfus’ influential exegesis of the Heideggerian onto-epistemological framework to reflect on these assumptions. The perspective we offer yields three integrative recommendations for future privacy research to open to new research directions. We illustrate how these new directions could not only grow future privacy research but also facilitate the design of more effective privacy-protection measures in practice.","PeriodicalId":48411,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Information Systems Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2021.0633","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Privacy is one of the most pressing concerns in the continuously evolving landscape of information technology. Despite decades of vigorous and multifaceted exploration in the interdisciplinary field of information privacy, a consensual or unifying theory remains elusive. Moreover, the complexities of issues surrounding privacy are frequently labeled as “too big to understand” in the public press. At this critical juncture, it is beneficial to delve deeper into the foundational assumptions that privacy scholars have about privacy phenomena. In this commentary, we offer a fresh perspective by drawing on Dreyfus’ influential exegesis of the Heideggerian onto-epistemological framework to reflect on these assumptions. The perspective we offer yields three integrative recommendations for future privacy research to open to new research directions. We illustrate how these new directions could not only grow future privacy research but also facilitate the design of more effective privacy-protection measures in practice.
期刊介绍:
ISR (Information Systems Research) is a journal of INFORMS, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Information Systems Research is a leading international journal of theory, research, and intellectual development, focused on information systems in organizations, institutions, the economy, and society.