Research on Gossip: Taxonomy, Methods, and Future Directions
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- 1 June 2004
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Review of General Psychology
- Vol. 8 (2), 78-99
- https://doi.org/10.1037/1089-2680.8.2.78
Abstract
A half century of gossip research from multiple disciplines is reviewed. Discussed are definitions of the construct; social, evolutionary, and personal functions of the practice; and data collectio...Keywords
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