Article: Ooh, wait till you hear this! Gossip is good for you; THERE'S MORE TO TITTLE TATTLE THAN MEETS THE EAR.(News)

Article: Why the juiciest gossip sticks in our memories.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  February 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... first words is easy. Gossip, however, always sticks ... Research shows we remember gossip better than more mundane ... Scientists believe the first gossips were cavemen, who traded ... Today, this love of gossip has led to many of us ... actually malicious. Professor Emler said: 'Part of ...

Article: THERE'S MORE TO TITTLE TATTLE THAN MEETS THE EAR.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England);  March 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... serious surveys into gossip. Find out what people ... them. "We all love a gossip, if we're honest ... also necessary," says Professor Emler. "We all want to be ... Mr Kipling is taking gossip so seriously that it ... the biggest celebrity gossips - although interestingly ...

Article: Gossip's beguiling ways carry heavy price
Daily Breeze;  August 4, 2005 ;     526 words ...Gossip whispers, never sings. Gossip entices you to feed it in return. Gossip celebrates vulnerabilities rather than victories. Whether queen bee or king bee, Gossip reigns in every workplace, every PTA, every neighborhood. Gossip asks for ...

Article: Gossip as pleasure, pursuit, power, and plot device in ...
Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Mansfield Parsonage, Highbury gossips, match-making, whispers ... gossiping, or overhearing others gossip, or conspicuously abstaining from gossip themselves that we might conclude ... however, for in one sense, gossip is the plot that they have ...

Article: 'Gossip helps glue society together'.(News)
Sunday Tribune (South Africa);  August 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ...BYLINE: Roger Highfield Lots of gossip is good for society and helps people to ... The team wanted to find out how much gossip can be relied on as a good guide to reputation ... comments about other people (a form of gossip). that the more gossip there is the ...

Transcript: Analysis: Gossip can be good for you
Talk of the Nation (NPR);  August 25, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Nation (NPR) 08-25-2005 Analysis: Gossip can be good for you Host: NEAL CONAN ... secret pregnancy, don't feel guilty. Gossip researchers tell us it's natural. Every ... themselves, and if it's not too cruel, gossip can help reduce anxiety, even make you ...

Article: What gossip's good for
International Herald Tribune;  August 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... International Herald Tribune 08-16-2005 Gossip has long been dismissed by researchers ... study of group interaction.People find gossip irresistible for good reason: It not ... sullies reputations, psychologists say, gossip offers a foothold for newcomers in a group ...