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This book explains how gossip contributes to knowledge. Karen Adkins marshals scholarship and case studies spanning centuries and disciplines to show that although gossip is a constant activity in human history, it has rarely been studied as a source of knowledge. People gossip for many reasons, but...

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Main Author: Adkins, Karen. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47840-1
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505 0 |a Chapter 1: Introduction: Some Loose Talk About Gossip -- Chapter 2: Gossip’s Bad Reputation -- Chapter 3: The Word on the Street: Gossip’s Contributions to Knowledge -- Chapter 4: Failure to Communicate: Gossip as Institutional Conflict -- Chapter 5: Rumors Help the Enemy! Gossip in Politics -- Chapter 6: Weaponized Gossip -- Chapter 7: Gossip in the Ether: How the Internet Does, and Doesn’t, Change Gossip -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Schools for Scandal. 
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