In 2013, Journal of Family Communication (Vol. 13, Issue 1) released a special issue exclusively focusing on CPM theory.  Articles of note in that issue include:

• A status report on the theory (Petronio)
• Parent/child communication privacy (Toller & McBride)
• Family finances (Plander)
• Parental Facebook friend requests (Child & Westermann)
• Same-sex marriage (Lannutti)

CPM has been applied to a variety of contexts.  In some articles/writings, the theory has gone by the name “Communication Boundary Management” (CBM).

Relational & family applications

Erin D. Basinger, Erin C. Wehrman, and Kelly G. McAninch, “Grief Communication and Privacy Rules: Examining the Communication of Individuals Bereaved by the Death of a Family Member,” Journal of Family Communication, Vol. 16, 2016, pp. 285-302.

Erin A. Brummett and Keli Ryan Steuber, “To Reveal or Conceal?: Privacy Management Processes Among Interracial Romantic Partners,” Western Journal of Communication, Vol. 79, 2015, pp. 22-44.

Meredith Foulke and Lynsey K. Romo. “An Examination of How Young Adults Manage Verbal Disclosure of Their Tattoo(s),” Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, Vol. 22 (1), 2021, pp. 39–46.

Joshua R. Hammonds, “A Model of Privacy Control: Examining the Criteria That Predict Emerging Adults’ Likelihood to Reveal Private Information to Their Parents,” Western Journal of Communication, Vol. 79, 2015, pp. 591-613.

Erin E. Hollenbaugh and Nichole Egbert, “A Test of Communication Privacy Management Theory in Cross-Sex Friendships,” Ohio Communication Journal, Vol. 47, 2009, pp. 113-136.

Carrie D. Kennedy-Lightsey and Brandi N. Frisby, “Parental Privacy Invasion, Family Communication Patterns, and Perceived Ownership of Private Information,” Communication Reports, Vol. 29, 2016, pp. 75-86.

Andrew M. Ledbetter, Sarah Heiss, Kenny Sibal, Eimi Lev, Michele Battle-Fisher, and Natalie Shubert, “Parental Invasive and Children’s Defensive Behaviors at Home and Away at College: Mediated Communication and Privacy Boundary Management,” Communication Studies, Vol. 61, 2010, pp. 184-204.

Mthobeli Ngcongo. “To Tell or Not to Tell? Interracial Romantic Couples’ Management of Social Network Influence,” Marriage & Family Review, 2021, pp. 1–23.

Keli Ryan Steuber and Rachel M. McLaren, “Privacy Recalibration in Personal Relationships: Rule Usage Before and After an Incident of Privacy Turbulence,” Communication Quarterly, Vol. 63, 2015, pp. 345-364.

Marina F. Thomas, Alice Binder, and Jörg Matthes. “Sexting During Social Isolation: Predicting Sexting-Related Privacy Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Cyberpsychology, Vol. 15 (3), 2021, pp. 1–16.

LGBTQ applications

Diana Breshears and Rebecca DiVerniero, “Communication Privacy Management Among Adult Children With Lesbian and Gay Parents,” Western Journal of Communication, Vol. 79, 2015, pp. 573-590.

Rose Helens-Hart, “Females’ (Non)Disclosure of Minority Sexual Identities in the Workplace From a Communication Privacy Management Perspective,” Communication Studies, Vol. 68, 2017, pp. 607-623.

Tim McKenna-Buchanan, Stevie Munz, and Justin Rudnick, “To Be or Not To Be Out in the Classroom: Exploring Communication Privacy Management Strategies of Lesbian, Gay, and Queer College Teachers,” Communication Education, Vol. 64, 2015, pp. 280-300.

Zhiwen Xiao, Xiaoming Li, Shan Qiao, Yuejiao Zhou, Zhiyong Shen, and Zhengzhu Tang, “Using Communication Privacy Management Theory to Examine HIV Disclosure to Sexual Partners/Spouses Among PLHIV in Guangxi,” AIDS Care, Vol. 27, 2015, pp. 73-82.

Computers/technology

Jeffrey T. Child, Paul M. Haridakis, and Sandra Petronio, “Blogging Privacy Rule Orientations, Privacy Management, and Content Deletion Practices: The Variability of Online Privacy Management Activity at Different Stages of Social Media Use,” Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 28, 2012, pp. 1859-1872.

Ralf De Wolf, “Group Privacy Management Strategies and Challenges in Facebook: A Focus Group Study Among Flemish Youth Organizations,” Cyberpsychology, Vol. 10, 2016, pp. 17-32.

Bethany D. Frampton and Jeffrey T. Child, “Friend or Not to Friend: Coworker Facebook Friend Requests as an Application of Communication Privacy Management Theory,” Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 29, 2013, pp. 2257-2264.

Heath Wesley Hooper, “An Investigation of the Role Communication Privacy Management Theory has in the Development of Social Media Policies,” Sport Journal, 2017, Vol. 19.

Airi Lampinen, “Hosting Together via Couchsurfing: Privacy Management in the Context of Network Hospitality,” International Journal of Communication, Vol. 10, 2016, pp. 1581-1600.

Mary Helen Millham, and David Atkin. “Managing the Virtual Boundaries: Online Social Networks, Disclosure, and Privacy Behaviors,” New Media & Society, Vol. 20 (1), 2018, pp. 50–67.

Jessica Vitak, “A Digital Path to Happiness? Applying Communication Privacy Management Theory to Mediated Interactions,” in The Routledge Handbook of Media Use and Well-Being: International Perspectives on Theory and Research on Positive Media Effects, Leonard Reinecke and Mary Beth Oliver (eds.), Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, New York, 2017, pp. 274-287.

Kenneth C. C. Yang, Amanda Pulido, and Yowei Kang, “Exploring the Relationship between Privacy Concerns and Social Media Use among College Students: A Communication Privacy Management Perspective,” Intercultural Communication Studies, Vol. 25, 2016, pp. 46-62.

Renwen Zhang and Jiawei Sophia Fu. “Privacy Management and Self-Disclosure on Social Network Sites: The Moderating Effects of Stress and Gender,” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Vol. 25 (3), 2020, pp. 236–51.

Workplace & educational

Tim McKenna-Buchanan, Stevie Munz, and Justin Rudnick. “To Be or Not To Be Out in the Classroom: Exploring Communication Privacy Management Strategies of Lesbian, Gay, and Queer College Teachers.” Communication Education 64 (3), 2015, pp. 280–300.

Stephanie A. Smith and Steven R. Brunner, “To Reveal or Conceal: Using Communication Privacy Management Theory to Understand Disclosures in the Workplace,” Management Communication Quarterly, Vol. 31, 2017, pp. 429-446.

Jason L. Snyder, “E-Mail Privacy in the Workplace: A Boundary Regulation Perspective,” Journal of Business Communication, Vol. 47, 2010, pp. 266-294.

Health communication/cross-cultural applications

Jennifer J. Bute and Tennley A. Vik, “Privacy Management as Unfinished Business: Shifting Boundaries in the Context of Infertility,” Communication Studies, Vol. 61, 2010, pp. 1-20.

Rachael Hernandez. ““It’s Always among Us. I Can’t Act Like It’s Not.”: Women College Students’ Perceptions of Physicians’ Implicit Bias,” Health Communication, 2021, pp. 1–11.

Anna R. Herrman and Kelly E. Tenzek, “Communication Privacy Management: A Thematic Analysis of Revealing and Concealing Eating Disorders in an Online Community,” Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, Vol. 18, 2017, pp. 54-63.

Nothando Ngwenya, Moraq Farquhar, and Gail Ewing, “Sharing Bad News of a Lung Cancer Diagnosis: Understanding Through Communication Privacy Management Theory,” Psycho-Oncology, Vol. 25, 2016, pp. 913-918.

Lynsey K. Romo, “How Formerly Overweight and Obese Individuals Negotiate Disclosure of Their Weight Loss. Health Communication,” Vol. 31, 2016, pp. 1145-1154.

Stephanie A. Smith and Steven R. Brunner, “The Great Whoosh: Connecting an Online Personal Health Narrative and Communication Privacy Management,” Health Communication, Vol. 31, 2016, pp. 12-21.

Gemme Campbell-Salome. “‘Yes They Have the Right to Know, but...’: Young Adult Women Managing Private Health Information as Dependents,” Health Communication, Vol. 34 (9), 2019, pp. 1010–20.

Sarah Steimel. “Communication Privacy Management and Pregnancy Loss in Interpersonal Workplace Communication,” Women’s Studies in Communication, Vol. 44 (3), 2021, pp. 397–418.

Steven R. Wilson., Elizabeth A. Hintz, Shelley M. MacDermid Wadsworth, David B. Topp, Kenona H. Southwell, and Michele Spoont. “Female U.S. Military Veterans’ (Non)Disclosure of Mental Health Issues with Family and Friends: Privacy Rules and Boundary Management,” Health Communication Vol. 36 (4), 2021, pp. 412–23.