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Transcript: Analysis: Gossip can be good for you
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NEAL CONAN
Talk of the Nation (NPR)
08-25-2005
Analysis: Gossip can be good for you
Host: NEAL CONAN
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM
NEAL CONAN, host:
This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.
Next time you stand around the office watercooler and start to blather about how your boss messed up an important meeting or a co-worker's still-secret pregnancy, don't feel guilty. Gossip researchers tell us it's natural. Every culture does it, and it's not just the province of women. Men do it in about equal measure. Despite its nasty reputation, studies show it can be a good thing. For one, it serves as a potent form of social control, it's an important way for groups to define themselves, ...
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