Gossiper

But when the gossiper’s venting veered into insulting territory, listeners rated the gossiper lower.

In a study done by Turner and colleagues (2003), having a prior relationship with a gossiper were not found to protect the gossiper from less favorable personality ratings after gossip was exchanged.

There are four types of power that are influenced by gossip: * Coercive: when a gossiper tells negative information about a person, their recipient might believe that the gossiper will also spread negative information about them.

When a recipient is thought of as being invited into a social circle by being a recipient, the gossiper's referent power can increase, but only to a high point where then the recipient begins to resent the gossiper (Kurland & Pelled).

But as Christian believers, we should be much higher than such things, since Scripture clearly tells us to not entertain a gossiper or person who slanders.

Gossip,political or otherwise is about the gossiper.

The gossiper happened to not have very good bowel control and was constantly pooping her pants.

According to Kurkland and Pelled, workplace gossip can be very serious depending upon the amount of power that the gossiper has over the recipient, which will in turn affect how the gossip is interpreted.

This causes the gossiper's coercive power to increase.

This causes the gossiper's reward power to increase.

When people view gossiping as a petty activity done to waste time, a gossiper's referent power can decrease along with their reputation.