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Gossip
Name(s):
Gossip-oriented communication
Nature
Gossip is talk often critical or malicious about other people's affairs and functions as a means of maintaining social control and preserving group boundaries or as a weapon in factional disputes.
Broader
Verbal incontinence
Biased presentation of news
Unethical practices in communication
Related
Unethical use of language
Unconstrained communication
Aggravates
Rumour
Infringement of privacy
Aggravated by
Inadequate structures for communication
Value(s)
Communication
Reference(s)
Rosnow, R L and Fine, G A: Rumor and Gossip
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems