The Oxford Handbook of Gossip and Reputation

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Francesca Giardini (Assistant Professor in Sociology, Assistant Professor in Sociology, University of Groningen) Rafael Wittek (Professor of Theoretical Sociology, Professor of Theoretical Sociology, University of Groningen)

The Oxford Handbook of Gossip and Reputation

Francesca Giardini (Assistant Professor in Sociology, Assistant Professor in Sociology, University of Groningen), Rafael Wittek (Professor of Theoretical Sociology, Professor of Theoretical Sociology, University of Groningen)

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English

Oxford University Press Inc
04 July 2019

Communication studies; Social interaction; Sociology; Social & cultural anthropology; Social, group or collective psychology

Series: Oxford Handbooks

Gossip and reputation are core processes in societies and have substantial consequences for individuals, groups, communities, organizations, and markets.. Academic studies have found that gossip and reputation have the power to enforce social norms, facilitate cooperation, and act as a means of social control. The key mechanism for the creation, maintenance, and destruction of reputations in everyday life is gossip - evaluative talk about absent third parties. Reputation and gossip are inseparably intertwined, but up until now have been mostly studied in isolation. The Oxford Handbook of Gossip and Reputation fills this intellectual gap, providing an integrated understanding of the foundations of gossip and reputation, as well as outlining a potential framework for future research. Volume editors Francesca Giardini and Rafael Wittek bring together a diverse group of researchers to analyze gossip and reputation from different disciplines, social domains, and levels of analysis. Being the first integrated and comprehensive collection of studies on both phenomena, each of the 25 chapters explores the current research on the antecedents, processes, and outcomes of the gossip-reputation link in contexts as diverse as online markets, non-industrial societies, organizations, social networks, or schools.

International in scope, the volume is organized into seven sections devoted to the exploration of a different facet of gossip and reputation. Contributions from eminent experts on gossip and reputation not only help us better understand the complex interplay between two delicate social mechanisms, but also sketch the contours of a long term research agenda by pointing to new problems and newly emerging cross-disciplinary solutions.

Edited by: Francesca Giardini (Assistant Professor in Sociology Assistant Professor in Sociology University of Groningen), Rafael Wittek (Professor of Theoretical Sociology, Professor of Theoretical Sociology, University of Groningen)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 173mm, Width: 249mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 1.134kg
ISBN: 9780190494087
ISBN 10: 0190494085
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Pages: 552
Publication Date: 04 July 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Francesca Giardini is Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of Groningen. Rafael Wittek is Professor of Theoretical Sociology at the University of Groningen.