Privatumo samprata Lietuvos visuomenėje /

The bachelor thesis is called “The perception of privacy in Lithuanian society” and it aims to understand how the privacy is perceived in the country, i.e. to explore in which fields the expectations for privacy are higher, in relation to what actors (state, business, media, etc.) people tend to aim for privacy. Needless to say that perception of privacy varies not only within countries but within different segments of societies as well. According to one particular study performed (“PACT”), Lithuania is an interesting case where the views of respondents significantly distinguish among other societies, providing the basis to believe that the popular perception of privacy in Lithuania might be somewhat different and incoherent. The thesis begins with a discussion on a long going academic dispute on the compatibility of democracy and privacy while taking a closer look at stands of liberalism and communitarianism. Further, the analysis of different theories of privacy – right to be let alone, limited access to self, concealment of information, control of personal information, protection of parenthood, intimacy is presented to explain different aspects of privacy. The empirical part of the research is carried out by completing 9 in-depth interviews with individuals whose age varies from 21 to 74 years. They come from 3 different cities of Lithuania and represent diverse areas of interest and social basis: business, politics, journalism, aviation, medicine, law, etc. The size of the sample was based on the principle of saturation whereas the individuals for interviews where chosen aiming at biggest diversity possible. The study has shown that Lithuanian perception of privacy mostly includes individual’s personal and family life, i.e. relations, financial information, leisure, health related matters. Participants quite affirmatively responded to state’s policies for collecting more data and implementing surveillance in the name of safety. However, the participants seemed to be more critical towards business interests. Whereas, the participants seemed to mostly dissappointed with the country’s mass media approach towards privacy. Furthermore, the discussion on the role of internet and social media showed how people sought to limit the unwanted access by adjusting their privacy settings on different online platforms. Last but not least, interesting points of view have been shared remembering the Soviet times and perception of privacy back then.

Grantor dc:publisher

Institutional Repository of Vilnius University

Year dc:date

2016

Author dc:creator

• Kaminskaitė, Monika,

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kavaliauskaitė, Jūratė

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Language dc:language

lit

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.vu.lt/VU:ELABAETD35558482&prefLang=en_US

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vu.lt:elaba:35558482