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		<title>Gossip is Good, Even in the Lab</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The primary functions of gossip are to inform, influence, entertain,  enhance friendship, reinforce moral standards, and help in making  decisions. Gossip helps us to understand our own abilities,  shortcomings, and problems, and sets parameters for our behavior&#8230; continued&#8230;

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		<link>http://www.profnick.com/blog/?p=99</link>
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		<title>Caltech Earthquake Rumor Shakes Twittersphere</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For several days, a rumor has been spreading wildly over the internet,  compliments of Twitter and Facebook. It started  with a tweet that claimed Caltech was sending employees and students  home because seismologists were predicting a major earthquake was about  to hit the Southland&#8230; continued&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.profnick.com/blog/?p=106</link>
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		<title>TwitterGlitter.com &#124; Celeb Death Rumors Catch Fire Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[”Just hearing about celebrities dying makes it seem more   probable,” says Nicholas DiFonzo, author of “The  Watercooler  Effect” and a psychology professor at Rochester Institute  of Technology.  ”So [the rumors] tend to occur in an… continued…
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		<link>http://www.profnick.com/blog/?p=57</link>
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		<title>Expert on Rumors Offers his Advice &#124; North Dakota Business Watch</title>
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Nicholas   DiFonzo, psychology professor at Rochester Institute of  Technology,  has studied rumors, hearsay and gossip since 1992. DiFonzo  is currently  leading a project funded by the National Science  Foundation to study  how rumors spread…﻿ continued…

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		<link>http://www.profnick.com/blog/?p=55</link>
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		<title>Mind Matters: Gossip in the Lab &#124; Proceed with Caution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Gossip  has a  bad reputation, which, for the most part, is well-deserved,” says  Nicholas  DiFonzo, a psychologist at the Rochester Institute of   Technology in… continued…
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		<link>http://www.profnick.com/blog/?p=53</link>
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		<title>In the Books &#124; Off to the Printers V « 800 CEO Read Daily Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In The  Watercooler Effect, Nicholas DiFonzo explains how stories, in the  form of gossip and rumors, can take  flight even in the midst of  contradicting data. DiFonzo,  like all authors in the field of  human behavior, offers solutions to… continued…
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		<link>http://www.profnick.com/blog/?p=51</link>
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		<title>When Gossip Is Good &#124; The Social Value of Tiger’s Transgressions</title>
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Is all this gossip about Tiger Woods just useless prattle, or worse?   Friday, he said he’s taking an “indefinite break” from golf and  spending  his time “being a better husband, father and person,” but  don’t we have anything better to do with our time? Or is there  something about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.profnick.com/blog/?p=48</link>
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		<title>Rumors And How to Manage Them</title>
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Did you know that the human mind can actually lead you to remember a   false statement as true by hearing that it’s false? With the fast-paced   lives we all lead, that oddly makes sense to me.
I recently learned of Nick DiFonzo, Professor of  Psychology at  Rochester Institute of Technology, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.profnick.com/blog/?p=46</link>
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		<title>Death by Cliff Plunge, With a Push From Twitter</title>
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Nicholas DiFonzo, a professor at the Rochester  Institute of Technology who studies the psychology of rumors, said that  the mass confusion over Mr. Jackson’s sudden death probably left people  craving… continued…

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		<link>http://www.profnick.com/blog/?p=42</link>
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		<title>SURVEY: Few People Believed Campaign Rumors about Obama, McCain</title>
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Garrett and  James N. Danziger, a professor at the University of  California, Irvine,   commissioned a representative national telephone  survey of 600 Americans  to  learn continued…

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		<link>http://www.profnick.com/blog/?p=40</link>
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