Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

The other side of gossip: studying the role of gossip as a strategy in big boss game

Pranab Goswami

Abstract :

Gossip is often consider as a useless talk, a talk which is purposeless but in close observation particularly in the context of big boss game inmates seen to be purposively use gossip while playing the game against other inmates. Gossip is strategically applied and managed by inmates conducive to their game plan. In absence of any ‘back region’ for practicing the technique of ‘impression management’ inmates relied on gossip, to justify, evaluates, present or misrepresent the self in an attractive manner for vote and required support against the common target/targets. Therefore the paper shows it is not useless as often hold but could be a strategy under certain context, as we find in big boss game.

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THE OTHER SIDE OF GOSSIP: STUDYING THE ROLE OF GOSSIP AS A STRATEGY IN BIG BOSS GAME, Pranab Goswami PARIPEX - INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2019

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