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Individuals who are perceived to engage in gossiping regularly are seen as having less social power
and being less liked. The type of gossip being exchanged also affects likeability whereby those who
engage in negative gossip are less liked than those who engage in positive gossip.[37] In a study
done by Turner and colleagues (2003), having a prior relationship with a gossiper were not found to
protect the gossiper from less favorable personality ratings after gossip was exchanged. In the
study, two individuals were brought in to the research lab to participate. Either the two individuals
were friends prior to the study or they were strangers scheduled to participate at the same time. One
of the individuals was a confederate of the study and they engaged in gossiping about the research
assistant after she left the room. The gossip exchanged was either positive or negative. Regardless
of gossip type (positive versus negative) or relationship type (friend versus stranger) the gossipers
were rated as less trustworthy after sharing the gossip.[38]
[39]
Block has suggested that while gossip and blackmail both involve the disclosure of unflattering
See also[edit]
Altruism
Bullying
Blind Item
Circle of Friends
Communication in small groups
Curiosity
False dilemma
Gossip magazines
Impression management
Interpersonal relationship
Libel
Misinformation
Personal network
Popularity
Respectability
Rumor
Scandal
References[edit]
^ Jump up to:a b McAndrew, Frank T. (October 2008). "The Science of Gossip: Why we can't
stop ourselves". Scientific American.
Jump up^ Sommerfeld RD, Krambeck HJ, Semmann D, Milinski M. (2007). Gossip as an
alternative for direct observation in games of indirect reciprocity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
104(44):17435-40. PMID 17947384
Jump up^ Dunbar RI. (2004). Gossip in evolutionary perspective. Review of general
psychology 8: 100-110. abstract
Jump up^ "How to Deal with Gossip and Rumors on Social Media - LEWIS PR".
lewispr.com.
Jump up^ OED
Jump up^ "If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home (Bedroom), Lucy Worsley, BBC"
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^ Jump up to:a b Jeanne Grunert, "When Gossip Strikes," OfficePro, January/February 2010,
pp. 16-18, at 17, found at IAAP