Article: Here's the dirt ... on gossip.

Article: JUST SHUT UP! IT'S END GOSSIP DAY: OF YOU'VE SPREAD IT OR LISTENED TO IT, TODAY'S THE DAY TO STOP IT!(DAYBREAK)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  November 6, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Pollyanna may never have gossiped. But most people...International End Gossip Day has been declared...authors of a new book, Gossip: Ten Pathways to...to the ravages of gossip. Business consultants...30 with coffee and gossip, I have to change...

Article: Here's the dirt ... on gossip.
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Winchell, who once said, Gossip is the art of saying nothing...communal voice. The first gossip? Maybe it was the serpent...newspapers. Forget journalism _ gossip may be the first draft of...the first International End Gossip Day. Gossip isn't new. Yet, clearly the...eliminate it ...

Article: WANT TO HEAR SOME DIRT? GRAPEVINE'S JUICY GOSSIP IS FLOWING FASTER, THANKS TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Winchell, who once said, ``Gossip is the art of saying nothing...communal voice.'' The first gossip? Maybe it was the serpent...newspapers. Forget journalism gossip may be the first draft of...the first International End Gossip Day. New grease Gossip isn't new. Yet, clearly ...

Article: Transforming Talk: The Problem with Gossip in Late Medieval England.(Book review)
Christianity and Literature;  September 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Transforming Talk: The Problem with Gossip in Late Medieval England. By Susan E...8-0-27102994-8. Pp. x + 238. $45.00. That gossip is a powerful force is surely little disputed...presidential primaries, the rumor and gossip mills whir continuously, and the relatively...

Article: The true colors of gossip
The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.;  February 27, 2006 ;     689 words ...Gossip is widely thought to be negative and to reflect poorly...write in Human Nature, a professional publication, that "gossip . . . include(s) positive and negative talk about commonly...Social Psychology agrees with the two- sided perspective on gossip in the Human Nature article. Francis McAndrew, ...

Article: COMMUNICATION ; Workplace Gossip - It's not all bad Pssst... Have you heard the latest? People gossip at work. Susan Hafen argues that gossiping workmates are not always bad news for companies.
New Zealand Management;  October 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ......little has been done to understand the role of gossip in the workplace. Perhaps that's because gossip is associated more with women and therefore...as trivia, but Susan Hafen says it's time gossip got some air time. An associate professor...

Article: Using diaries to explore the characteristics of work-related gossip: methodological considerations from exploratory multimethod research.(Special section)
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......to best capture and describe the concept of gossip in organizations, arising during exploratory...research into the characteristics and function of gossip in nursing and health care organizations. Gossip is a ubiquitous aspect of everyday work experience...

Article: News from behind my hand: gossip in organizations.
Organization Studies;  January 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ...Introduction Gossiping is one of the most pervasive activities within organizations...theorists. We read literature replete with examples of gossip (Meyer Spacks 1985); there are newspaper 'gossip columns'; we watch television chat shows; and we readily...

Article: Have you heard what they're saying about gossip? Students of one of humankind's most ancient pastimes are finding that its virtues may outweigh its vices.
Saturday Evening Post;  March 1, 2003 ;     476 words ......declared it mischievous and hard to get rid of, but Oscar Wilde said, Gossip is charming. History is merely gossip, he wrote in one of his famous plays. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. In times past, under Jewish law, gossipmongers...

Article: It can unite and calm us. It can entertain us. It can deadly dull. It's gossip -, and did you hear? Men gossip as much as women.
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.;  June 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ......keeping in touch" or "networking." But the truth is, you gossip just as much as women do. This juicy tidbit comes...cell-phone users about how they use their cell phones for gossip and how gossip affects their lives. Many male participants initially...

Article: SHHHH! I'VE GOT GOSSIP.(FEATURES)
Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  June 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Anna Coogan ADMIT IT, you adore a good gossip. But have you heard the one about the...hamlet who were fired after being caught gossiping about their boss? They didn't start the...couldn't they just as well argue that gossiping is simply part and parcel of human nature...

Article: relationships; Did you hear? Men gossip as much as women, according to a new study. They just don't call it that.(SOURCE)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......keeping in touch or networking. But the truth is, you gossip just as much as women do. This juicy tidbit comes...cell-phone users about how they use their cell phones for gossip and how gossip affects their lives. Many male participants initially...

Article: GLORIOUS GOSSIP! Psst...as Dempster bows out, an irreverent celebration of the bitchy world of backbiting.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: JOHN MORTIMER GOSSIP has got a bad name. Politicians dismiss...especially about other people. And yet gossip is often the most enjoyable part of...the most deeply serious politician. Gossip columns, and gossip itself, are there...

Article: Developmental and gender differences in preadolescents' judgments of the veracity of gossip
Merrill - Palmer Quarterly;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......examine 384 preadolescents' understanding of gossip in varying circumstances. Children correctly labeled talk about nonpresent others as gossip and considered it inappropriate. Skepticism was higher for gossip than for firsthand information and was...