How Idle is Idle Talk? One Hundred Years of Rumor Research

This paper examines the stability of the concept of rumor in the past century. It is suggested that not only do models of explanation change, but rumors themselves also change - not only in content, but perhaps in the way they are believed or disbelieved. Social scientific interest in rumors begins...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Diogenes (English ed.) 2007-01, Vol.54 (1), p.59-82
1. Verfasser:	Donovan, Pamela
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Credibility Culture Folklore Gossip Memory Perceptions Social change Social conditions & trends Social sciences Theory
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