Privacy and conflicting identities in the context of Punjabi Canadians
department or school: Science, Faculty of
department or school: Computer Science, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Iqbal, Faqia
issued: 2023-01-06T17:04:30Z
issued: 2022
related degree: Master of Science - MSc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Many of us have experienced the need to filter the information we share with the world. There is a dearth of research in the field of privacy in the context of non-WEIRD populations and immigrants living in WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) societies. In this thesis, I explore how Punjabi Canadian adults navigate the potential conflicts between their two cultural identities and how this affects their digital privacy decisions. I identify the social and cultural factors that influence the privacy choices of Punjabi Canadians, and how these individuals react to the resulting social sanctions. These sanctions may limit their freedom and their right to privacy both in physical and virtual settings. I conducted 12 interviews with Punjabi Canadians and used constructivist grounded theory to elicit themes related to the “What,” “Why,” and “How” of their privacy choices and behaviours. I found that the collectivist nature of the Punjabi culture is reflected in their privacy regulation practices, which involve the family as well as the individual. There was an asymmetry of information flow between the Punjabi and Canadian sides of an individual’s social circle. This was highlighted by the norm of physical and social gender segregation among Punjabi Canadians, where the Punjabi side was more often kept in the dark about activities that involved gender mixing. I also found that women participants were especially fluent in privacy-preserving practices, which may be due to their being held to a higher standard than men, facing greater surveillance, and having more familial responsibilities and restrictions on their clothing and mobility. The Punjabi culture represents a significant portion of South Asian culture while the Canadian culture represents North American culture. Hence, the findings of this study are relevant to immigrants in North America, especially from South Asia. Apart from immigrants, they are also transferable to other populations e…
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note: Privacy and Conflicting Identities inthe Context of Punjabi CanadiansbyFaqia IqbalB.Sc., Lahore University of Management Sciences, 2019A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OFTHE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OFMASTER OF SCIENCEinThe Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies(Computer Science)THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA(Vancouver)December 2022© Faqia Iqbal 2022The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend tothe Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the thesisentitled:Privacy and Conflicting Identities in the context of Punjabi-Canadianssubmitted by Faqia Iqbal in partial fulfillment of the requirements for thedegree of Master of Science in Computer ScienceExamining Committee:Dr. Ivan Beschastnikh, Associate Professor, Computer Science, UBCSupervisorDr. Dongwook Yoon, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, UBCSupervisory Committee MemberiiAbstractMany of us have experienced the need to filter the information we share withthe world. There is a dearth of research in the field of privacy in the contextof non-WEIRD populations and immigrants living in WEIRD (Western,Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) societies. In this thesis,I explore how Punjabi Canadian adults navigate the potential conflicts be-tween their two cultural identities and how this affects their digital privacydecisions. I identify the social and cultural factors that influence the privacychoices of Punjabi Canadians, and how these individuals react to the result-ing social sanctions. These sanctions may limit their freedom and their rightto privacy both in physical and virtual settings. I conducted 12 interviewswith Punjabi Canadians and used constructivist grounded theory to elicitthemes related to the “What,” “Why,” and “How” of their privacy choicesand behaviours.I found that the collectivist nature of the Punjabi culture is reflectedin their privacy regulation practices, which involve the family as well asthe individual. There was a…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2023-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0422997
language: eng
degree discipline: Computer Science
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Beschastnikh, Ivan
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/83600