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GOSSIP - WHAT'S DOES THE GRAPEVINE SAY ABOUT YOU? By Jamuna Burry
gossip, but sometimes it illuminates
while other times it just burns.
Professor Willer from Indiana
University sociology department
says, “the trick is to learn to
navigate between helpful and
malicious or unreliable gossip". Very
often gossip is all that rolled into
one.
T
he Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines ‘gossip’ as
“information about the behavior and personal lives of other
people”. Some sociologists say
gossip is a play by play of our social
evolution. Gossip provides valuable
insight about who we are and where
we are going as individuals and
collectively as a society.
New expats coming into the
community
gravitate
towards
people of similar language and
background. Newcomers rely on the
guiding recommendations of their
new allies.
Good or bad, ‘gossip’ is something
that happens naturally when people
share a collective identity. When it's
good, it creates bonds, passes
along useful information, deepens
knowledge and fri