Gossip, Epistemology, and Power

1. Introduction: Some Loose Talk About Gossip
Karen Adkins

2. Gossip’s Bad Reputation
Karen Adkins

3. The Word On the Street: Gossip’s Contributions to Knowledge
Karen Adkins

4. Failure to Communicate: Gossip as Institutional Conflict
Karen Adkins

5. Rumors Help the Enemy! Gossip in Politics
Karen Adkins

6. Weaponized Gossip
Karen Adkins

7. Gossip in the Ether: How the Internet Does, and Doesn’t, Change Gossip
Karen Adkins

8. Conclusion: Schools for Scandal
Karen Adkins

Avainsanat: Philosophy, Epistemology, Social Theory