Gossip gets a bad reputation, but almost everyone does it. Whether you’re whispering about a classmate’s new haircut or ...

Discover the surprising traits that quietly empower those who steer clear of gossip—and how embracing them could transform ...

The fact that we all gossip so much— without getting caught —is a paradox hiding in plain sight: how do we so freely spread sensitive information, often about people we know, without the subject of ...

In this graph of a social network created by Brown University Ph.D. student Alice Xia, the red dot represents the target of gossip, the green dot is the person who is sharing gossip, and the black ...

"If people aren't talking about other people, it's a signal that something is wrong--that we feel socially alienated or indifferent," says Ralph Rosnow, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Temple ...