Are Students Aware of Privacy Problems on Campus?

Abstract

Campus, in the post-pandemic, prepared to maintain the physical distancing, however, limiting campus goers’ interactions is a potential issue related to the problem of privacy. Despite their having social interactions with each other, they also have to interact with lecturers, staff, security guards, and other people within the confined walls such as the student lounge, library, toilet, and inside the elevator. We observed and examined the cases at the University of Ciputra, Surabaya. How students perceive their need for privacy and how they express their awareness were examined through a series of a complex surveys, discussions, presentations, and own interpretations. The physical elements of the chosen areas of interaction were evaluated as they might affect the students’ perceptions and achieved privacy. The result indicates how perceived privacy differs greatly particularly shown through individuals’ views and expressions, concerning their differences in social proximity and personality. Another result shows that students began to realize that their behavior is mostly a way to control privacy, or cope with, the lack of privacy, and to use it as a strategy to control excessive interaction, in the post-pandemic recovery on the campus ground.