...Gossip and Rumors: What The Words Mean So what ARE rumors, exactly? Is there a difference between a rumor and a piece of gossip? Well, this is what characterizes a rumor: * A rumor is a piece of information or a story that has not been verified, meaning that the person telling it doesn't know if it's true or false. * Rumors spread from person to person, or can spread from one person to a whole bunch of people at once. * Rumors can change slightly each time they're told, so they get more exaggerated over time. * Most people who spread rumors don't care if the story is true of not, and don't bother to check it out. * A rumor might be true, it might be partially true and partially made up, or it might be totally made up. Unless somebody can definitely say that a story is real or fake, it will stay a rumor. Here's a good example of a rumor: "I heard that anybody who fails the next history test is going to have to repeat the course over the summer." Gossip, on the other hand, is a little different: * Gossip is talk that is somehow "juicy," meaning it deals with subjects that are shocking or personal. * Gossip is usually about things like love and relationships, or private things that people don't talk openly about. * Gossip about a person is usually spread behind that person's back. * Gossip can be true, false, or a rumor. * When a piece of gossip is known to be false, it's a lie, plain and simple. * Someone who spreads a lot of gossip...
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...Gossip in the Workplace and Organizational Changes that Employee must face By: Kara Mann GM 570Managing Conflict in the Workplace October 16 2011 Professor: Charles Desjardins Table of Contents Description Page Introduction 3 How Gossip usually starts within an Organization 4 Who is usually involved in the gossip 5 Why Mangers are usually in the dark about the gossip within the Organization 6 How managers resolve gossip and keep it Under control within an Organization 7 Conclusion 8 Literature Review 9-10 References 11 Introduction This is an introduction about gossip that happens within the workplace, how it starts, how the rumors that cause the interruption of the production in the workplace. Managers are not trained to handle these types of conflicts; managers have a hard time dealing with issues that are interpersonal. Organizations should have third party counseling and mediators to handle...
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...frightening. Gossip is like a fired bullet, once you hear the sound, you can't take it back. Evil speech can destroy friendships, break up marriages and ruin businesses. Gossip-negative talk, put-downs, rumors, accusations, not only hurt the person being talked about, it also hurts the person speaking and the person listening. The truth is, gossip has been around since the beginning of humankind and continues to be a popular but destructive past time. "Le congossa" is unfortunately one of our favourite activities back home. Women and now more and more men are making it their hobbies. Too many people believe it’s their job to stick their nose in your business. Like they live such perfect lives. The reasons behind nosiness and gossiping has so much to do with folks not feeling their lives are interesting enough or are so unhappy with their lives, they believe getting into other people’s business is more exciting than getting things straight in their own lives. The story of what happened to a family in a small North London community illustrates this truth. The mother had not been well since the birth of her second baby, but everyone knew she did all she could to create an atmosphere of love in the home. The neighbours could see the father being met at the door each evening with hugs and kisses from his wife and two small children. In summer when the windows were open, they could hear the laughter and joyous fun coming from inside the house. Then one day a gossip whispered...
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...Gossip Girl Gossip girl is an American TV show that revolves around the lives of young teens that live in Upper East Side of Manhattan. The show also features the parents of the teens as supporting actors, whose main roles is to guide the youngsters. In addition, a family lives outside Upper East Side who relate with the rich. The show brings to light many issues that rich society experience and their day-to-day problems for the young stars. There are the minorities in the fictional community who includes non-whites and those who are not part of the high society. The show also shows how different classes relate. It is clear that when the lower class are discriminated by some, most do not mind and even have a good relationship with them. Class representation Gossip girl represents the high class in the society; only one family is not rich, and later they move to Upper East Side. Blair waldoff is a young teen who has very high regard to herself and her family name. Blair is conservative and refined, and very careful not to tarnish her family name. She belongs to the high class and does not like those who do not belong there. She does not like Dan Humphrey at first for his low social status, but they later become friends. She has friends who only belong to her social status, and later she gets married to the prince of Monaco. Another character Serena van der Woonsen is a young, rebellious, and very attractive woman who has the status of a celebrity in this show. Her dressing is...
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...is used to spread information bypassing the formal communication structure. Just like the grapevine plant: it spreads in random ways and it goes where it can. It is formed by individuals and groups in an organization. The people in the groups have something in common that links them together. A person can belong to one or more groups. A grapevine communication is a form of informal communication by which people communicates each other without any formal line of communication. It’s called Grapevine because like that of a grape vine it’s impossible to find the origin of information which results in spread of rumours. Grapevine communication is a form of informal business communication, which develops within an organization. It means gossip, usually gossip that spreads and covers a lot of ground (a lot of people), much like vines do. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT At first we desire to express our deepest sense of gratitude of almighty Allah. We are thankful to our University (Leading University, Sylhet) and the respective authorities for providing us an opportunity to take our BBA program. With profound regard we gratefully acknowledge our respected course teacher Md. Shamimul Islam for his generous help and day to day suggestion during preparation of the assignment. He is so much an inspiration and guidance to us that we are, short of words in expression our gratitude. We like to give thanks especially to our friends and many individuals, for their enthusiastic encouragements and help during...
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...shops and from library to classrooms, rumors and/or gossip can be heard anywhere and everywhere. This almost inevitable phenomena has made its way into organizations where gossip and gossipmongers are mostly seen in a negative light. But is that always the case? How about when you hear from a third person that one of your peers might be rewarded for his/her outstanding performance, for the most part you are motivated to perform well. Gossip has its downside but not always. Introduction Exchange of information through informal communication network or channel i.e. unverified information, often referred to as grapevine activity; rumor or gossip, is circumstantially derived, comes into existence unplanned (Michelson & Mouly, 2004) and is almost unavoidable in organizations (Michelson & Mouly, 2002). Although it can affect workplace such as by decreasing productivity and creating stress (DiFonzo, Bordia, & Rosnow 1994), it’s not a very well-researched phenomena (Noon, & Delbridge, 1993). Rumor is defined as unsubstantiated talk that lacks evidence whereas gossip is regarded as idle talk that ignores factuality (Noon, & Delbridge, 1993). According to Rosnow (1988), “Sometimes it is impossible to separate rumor from gossip. When, according to unattributed hearsay, a female executive is alleged to have “slept her way to the top,” is this rumor or gossip?” (p. 14). Hence, rumor and gossip although distinctive terms by definition, are often used...
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...Are famous people treated unfairly by the media? Should they be given more privacy, or is the price of their fame an invasion into their private lives? The question of unfair treatment of famous people by the media is one that cannot be easily answered without a close examination of all that is involved. Fame is a state of being well known either by one’s personality or a result of one’s accomplishments and cannot happen without the media. The media makes people famous. The world is now in an information age that is totally driven by the media. You view events happening around the world via satellite TV in the comfort of your living room; you get the latest gist and gossip on smart phones connected to the ubiquitous internet that is proliferated with social media like Facebook and Twitter; propagation of gossips has not been easier! Success, being synonymous with fame is something people naturally love to identify with. The most intricate affairs of successful people thus become goldmine of information for people who have made them role models. They believe they can also achieve success by patterning their lives after their models. Likewise, famous entertainers like the late Michael Jackson also are idolized especially by young people. The ‘wannabes’ of these entertainers will do whatever it takes to get information about what things make their favourite acts tick. On the other hand, the unhealthy secrets of the private lives of famous people make good sources of scandal...
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...students spread gossip/rumors We should distinguish between rumor and gossip, as each appears to function differently in its pure state. Rumors have been described as public communications that are infused with private hypotheses about how the world works (Rosnow, 1991), or more specifically, ways of making sense to help us cope with our anxieties and uncertainties (Rosnow, 1988, 2001). On the other hand, as Wert and Salovey (2004b) noted, "almost as many functions of gossip have been argued as writers to write about gossip" (p. 77). More than rumor, gossip tends to have an "inner-circleness" about it, in that it is customarily passed between people who have a common history or shared interests. Popular usage defines gossip as "small talk" or "idle talk," but gossip is hardly inconsequential or without purpose (e.g., Gluckman, 1963; Goodman & Ben-Ze'ev, 1994; Rosnow & Georgoudi, 1985; Sabini & Silver, 1982; Spitzberg & Cupach, 1998). For example, it has been theorized that gossip played a fundamental role in the evolution of human intelligence and social life (Dunbar, 2004; Davis & McLeod, 2003) and that it continues to play an active role in cultural learning (Baumeister, Zhang, & Vohs, 2004) and as a source of social comparison information (Suls, 1977; Wert & Salovey, 2004a). To be sure, it is often noted that rumor and gossip can also be undeniably aversive and problematic-currently illustrated, for example, in the way that rumor and gossip have generated...
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...STARTED (10 minutes) There are a few ways that we use our tongues that we need to examine. As you can imagine, they all have to do with words. Today, we’re going to talk about the truth about words. General Discussion: • What are some negative uses of our words? (Allow students to come up with several examples, such as gossip, lying, filthy language, etc.) • Have you experienced hurtful words in your life? You’re beginning to get the idea that a tongue is serious business, and it is related to our spiritual lives in a significant way. Let’s go deeper and see how. DIGGING IN (30 minutes) Read James 1:26 Discussion Question: 1. What does this passage say about the tongue and our ability to control it? (To not control it makes our religion worthless.) Let's look at an even more condemming Scripture. Read James 3:5-8 Discussion Question: 1. What does that passage say about the tongue? Let’s talk about gossip first. General Discussion: • How would you define gossip? • Do you like it when people gossip about you? • Be honest with yourself before we continue—how much do you gossip? Some people think only girls gossip. Others don’t realize that they are also horrible gossips. Most people don’t understand that gossiping is condemned in Scripture. (Have several students look up one of the following passages. After...
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...Gossip is unconstrained an often use for derogatory conversation about people, and can involve betrayal confidence and spreading sensitive information or harmful unstated judgments. When an individual gossip on another, it’s always bad! There’s absolutely no way around it, it’s just plain impertinent to another. The reasons why people do such thing are because one feels angry, envy, bored and the main reason hatred. “Bro did you hear what…” or I’ll just switch the subject but mainly I stop whoever comes to me with that line, dead in their tracks. That’s always a good way, how to keep yourself from getting into a messy situation. You might be hated by one but that’s better than being hated by multiple. We’ve all see a problem escalade based...
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...Setting; @Pelayo and Elisenda’s courtyard Character: Pelayo & Elisenda – greed Neighbor Woman – respect, awe Father Gonzaga – Skeptical(believes the angel to be a fake), but he also demands the angel be treated well Town people- very fickle. Interested in rumor and swayed by gossip. What do the details reveal about the townspeople? The townspeople are very fickle. They are interested in rumor and swayed by gossip. They easily begin to see the old man as an oddity instead of an angel. They become interested in the "spider girl" and forget the old man that once captured their attention. ・why would elisenda let out a sigh of relief for both the old man and herself at the end？ Elisenda is relieved when the Old Man flies away because she no longer has to worry that he will die at their home, and because he had become quite an annoyance to her. He had long since ceased to be a curiosity in town and no longer brought them financial gain. Thus, it was a relief to be unburdened of his presence. His leaving meant "he was no longer an annoyance in her life but an imaginary dot on the horizon of the sea." ・Where do you think the old man flew to at the end of the story? I too, think he flew to the heavens after his mission was completed. Another proposal I had in mind though, was that he flew off to another village or city where he would have to tend to yet another family in need. * Who decides to charge...
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...The Four Way Test is a very constructive guideline that is beneficial to many events and issues. If every citizen, every student, every human being used this test as a pattern and indicator for their dilemmas and obstacles, our community would become a more compassionate wiser place. The Four Way Test asks these questions: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it bring goodwill and better friendships? And is it beneficial to all concerned? Is it the truth? Telling the truth is extremely important because in the end it is all you have Truthful gives you credibility with others, and without credibility, we are nothing. Not only is lying dishonest, but when someone lies, they often have to cover up one lie with another, and may get their own stories mixed up. John 8:32 states, “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Is it fair to all concerned. Fairness is also a quality needed everywhere such as school or work. Performing a fair task means that you are doing it out of you heart and not just because you want to improve your reputation or because you want to impress the person who asked the favor. A fair decision requires a fair and just judge. Making a fair decision is difficult especially if it is an area that is unclear and gray. When you ask yourself if something is fair you need to determine each side justly and without any persuasion or influence from others. Will it bring goodwill and better friendships? The definition of good...
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...Informal Communication A wise man once said, “Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid” (Winchell, n.d.). To that end, informal communication in a law enforcement agency or not, has a very negative effect. However, informal communication does have its positive aspects, of which will be discussed later. The late singer Marvin Gaye, etal, described it as “The Grapevine” however in business terms, it is likened to an informal network of communication in an organization. Just like a growing plant, information spreads randomly, going in whichever direction “the wind blows.” Take for example a supervisor that has common links with three or more different groups in an organization, whereas the first group might share brunch every Friday, etc. When one or more of the groups are in (agreement) about a given rumor, then the individual is bound to believe that it is true. The problem is that the more rumors afloat, the more tendencies for the rumors to turn into gossip. The truth is that gossip can ruin careers and reputations quickly. More so is the fact that they can destroy lives (Grapevine Communication Informal…, n.d.). Other negativity from informal communication may be a lack of productivity on the job due to constant chatting. Additionally, the informal talk may harm the goodwill of the organization, if false information is spread, concerning the leadership or higher- level members of the organization (n.d). Informal communication that...
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...Suite101 Member Posted on: Jul 9, 2009 [pic] The Effects of Gossip on Teenage Girls Teenage girls carry certain social labels including the image of the circle of girls sharing small scandals of each others lives. Gossip may seem an innocent form of normal teenage life, from the outside the topics may seem inane or superficial. However, to the group participants, the conversations often center on areas of life in which the girls are heavily invested. Laurence Owen writes in “The Effects of Indirect Aggression on Teenage Girls” [School Psychology International, 2003] that activities such as group exclusion, derailing other girls and other forms of indirect bullying have consequences ranging from anxiety to deep spells of depression. The Source of Gossip In the course of developing friendships, many adolescent girls will belong to a number of social groups or cliques as they move through school. Transitioning from group to group may carry problems including other group members' envy or jealousy. This can result in an amazing amount of gossiping and other forms of indirect bullying. Another source of gossiping can come in breaking the implied rules of the clique. Whether it be failing to attend a planned social function or failing to fall in line with the latest fashion, breaking the implied agreements of the friendship group can quickly place the offender in the unenviable position of being the target of false rumors. Of course, some gossiping simply happens...
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...We've all been there: waiting in line in the cafeteria and staring at the two best friends hunch next to each other talking in hushed voices. We instantly know that they are gossiping about someone. The unnerving part isn't that they are gossiping, but rather the question of who they are gossiping about. Are we at the center of this malicious conversation? Most people have experienced this, and even been the one to initiate such a conversation. And although the lesson that gossip is bad has been ingrained in us since before we can talk and vocalize such words, we still find ourselves being lured into drama time and time again because the of the infatuation for drama that we, as human beings, inevitably have. Shakespeare tapped into this desire...
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