Psychology Space

August 17, 2005

Have you heard? Gossip has purpose

Filed under: North America, Social Psychology — Admin @ 11:30 pm

Juicy gossip moves so quickly - He did what? She has pictures? - that few people have time to cover their ears, even if they wanted to.

Gossip long has been dismissed by researchers as little more than background noise with no useful function. But some investigators say that it belongs front and center in any study of group interaction.

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