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In the last decade, gossip has been researched in terms of its [[evolution]]ary [[psychology]] origins.[1] This has found gossip as an important means by which people can monitor cooperative reputations and so maintain widespread indirect reciprocity[2] Indirect reciprocity is defined here as "I help you and somebody else helps me". Gossip has also been identified by Robin Dunbar an evolutionary biologist as aiding social bonding in large [[group]]s.[3]

In the last decade, gossip has been researched in terms of its [[evolution]]ary [[psychology]] origins.[1] This has found gossip as an important means by which people can monitor cooperative reputations and so maintain widespread indirect reciprocity[2] Indirect reciprocity is defined here as "I help you and somebody else helps me". Gossip has also been identified by Robin Dunbar an evolutionary biologist as aiding social bonding in large [[group]]s.[3]

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<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''Gossip''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Goodness this link].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''Gossip''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Goodness this link].</center>

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# Dunbar RI. (2004). Gossip in evolutionary perspective. Review of general psychology 8: 100-110. abstract

# Dunbar RI. (2004). Gossip in evolutionary perspective. Review of general psychology 8: 100-110. abstract

# OED

# OED

# See for example the popular-cultural account and discussion of the phenomenon as an Internet urban legend at http://www.word-detective.com/060704.html ; retrieved 2007-02-15.[unreliable source?]

# See for example the popular-cultural account and discussion of the phenomenon as an Internet urban legend at https://www.word-detective.com/060704.html ; retrieved 2007-02-15.[unreliable source?]

# New Jersey Hearsay Evidence, Human Resource Blog.

# New Jersey Hearsay Evidence, Human Resource Blog.

# The Culture Shock, Tami Kyle, TLK Connections, Summer 2005.

# The Culture Shock, Tami Kyle, TLK Connections, Summer 2005.

*Robert F. Goodman and Aaron Ben-Zeev, editors: Good Gossip. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1993. ISBN 0700606696

*Robert F. Goodman and Aaron Ben-Zeev, editors: Good Gossip. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1993. ISBN 0700606696

*Deborah Jones, 1990: 'Gossip: notes on women's oral culture'. In: Cameron, Deborah. (editor) The Feminist Critique of Language: A Reader. London/New York: Routledge, 1990, pp. 242–250. ISBN 0415042593. Cited online in Rash, 1996.

*Deborah Jones, 1990: 'Gossip: notes on women's oral culture'. In: Cameron, Deborah. (editor) The Feminist Critique of Language: A Reader. London/New York: Routledge, 1990, pp. 242–250. ISBN 0415042593. Cited online in Rash, 1996.

*Felicity Rash, 1996: "Rauhe Männer - Zarte Frauen: Linguistic and Stylistic Aspects of Gender Stereotyping in German Advertising Texts 1949-1959" in The Web Journal of Modern Language Linguistics, Issue 1, 1996. Retrieved from http://wjmll.ncl.ac.uk/issue01/rashb.rtf on 2006-08-11

*Felicity Rash, 1996: "Rauhe Männer - Zarte Frauen: Linguistic and Stylistic Aspects of Gender Stereotyping in German Advertising Texts 1949-1959" in The Web Journal of Modern Language Linguistics, Issue 1, 1996. Retrieved from https://wjmll.ncl.ac.uk/issue01/rashb.rtf on 2006-08-11

*Patricia Ann Meyer Spacks. Gossip. New York: Knopf, 1985. ISBN 0394540247

*Patricia Ann Meyer Spacks. Gossip. New York: Knopf, 1985. ISBN 0394540247

*Robert C. Ellickson (1991). Order without law: how neighbors settle disputes. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674641686.

*Robert C. Ellickson (1991). Order without law: how neighbors settle disputes. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674641686.

*Kurland, Nancy B. & Lisa Hope Pelled. "Passing the Word: Toward a Model of Gossip & Power in the Workplace." The Academy of Management Review Vol. 25, No. 2 (April 2000) pg 428-438

*Kurland, Nancy B. & Lisa Hope Pelled. "Passing the Word: Toward a Model of Gossip & Power in the Workplace." The Academy of Management Review Vol. 25, No. 2 (April 2000) pg 428-438

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~sousa/gossip.html Ronald de Sousa (U Toronto) on Gossip]

* [https://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~sousa/gossip.html Ronald de Sousa (U Toronto) on Gossip]

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/10/arts/10GOSS.html?todaysheadlines "Go Ahead. Gossip May Be Virtuous"] ''New York Times'' article by Patricia Cohen [[2002-08-10]] (requires registration)

* [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/10/arts/10GOSS.html?todaysheadlines "Go Ahead. Gossip May Be Virtuous"] ''New York Times'' article by Patricia Cohen [[2002-08-10]] (requires registration)

* [http://las.alfred.edu/~hustud/Westacott/The%20Ethics%20of%20Gossiping.PDF Emrys Westacott (Alfred U) The Ethics of Gossiping]

* [https://las.alfred.edu/~hustud/Westacott/The%20Ethics%20of%20Gossiping.PDF Emrys Westacott (Alfred U) The Ethics of Gossiping]

* [http://www.geocities.com/j_brutlag/gossip.htm Perspectives on Gossip] The theme of gossip in three literary pieces

* [https://www.geocities.com/j_brutlag/gossip.htm Perspectives on Gossip] The theme of gossip in three literary pieces

* [[Robin Dunbar]], [http://www.bbsonline.org/documents/a/00/00/05/65/bbs00000565-00/bbs.dunbar.html Coevolution of neocortical size, group size and language in humans] ''(pre-publication version)'' "Analysis of a sample of human conversations shows that about 60% of time is spent gossiping about relationships and personal experiences."

* [[Robin Dunbar]], [https://www.bbsonline.org/documents/a/00/00/05/65/bbs00000565-00/bbs.dunbar.html Coevolution of neocortical size, group size and language in humans] ''(pre-publication version)'' "Analysis of a sample of human conversations shows that about 60% of time is spent gossiping about relationships and personal experiences."

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