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A guide to creating, spreading and flaming them.
RUMORS
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Gossip columnists would like you to believe that a rumor is really news running ahead of itself.
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But, this isn’t always true.
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More often, rumors are…
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pieces of unverified information
Perez Hilton
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that feed on ambiguity
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Wendy Williams
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and usually pique the interest of a particular community.
Cruel intentions
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THEY’RE UNIVERSAL.
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
Spanish Proverb
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Ireland
Who brings a tale takes two
away. Irish Proverb
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Israel
What you don't see with your
eyes, don't witness with your mouth.
Jewish Proverb
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China
What is told in the ear of a man is often heard
100 miles away. Chinese Proverb
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AND OUR ATTRACTION TO THEM IS NATURAL.
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Blame our curiosity
Jacques Cousteau
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Blame our desire to know more
Spock, Star Trek
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And blame our history as story-tellers
Beowulf
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BUT, REGARDLESS OF WHY WE TELL RUMORS, THERE’S ONE THING TRUE ABOUT THEM:
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People are attracted to them.
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FINALLY, HERE’S A GUIDE TO MAKE ANYONE SUCCESSFUL WITH RUMORS.
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It’s the (un)official mean girls’ guide to rumors.
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1. Create 2. Spread 3. Flame
There’s three things you must do to ensure the successful lifespan of a rumor.
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Social Status Revenge
1. Embrace the reason you’re spreading the rumor.
Assurance
Create
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2. Craft the story. Create
Easy to remember Exploits the current interests of the community Exploits the emotions of the community Rooted in a negative outcome Specific to a person or event Some part of it is true Contains exaggeration, humor, or a twist
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3. Focus on one primary emotion. Create
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4. Recognize that seeding a rumor is a science.Spread
R ≈ i x a
• R: velocity of the rumor• i: importance of the subject to the
community• a: level of ambiguity
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5. Tell the right people.Spread
• People who are most eager for information about events which affect them.
• People with fears, hopes and hostilities stemming from the outcome of the rumor.
• People in homogenous community in which people share the same interest.
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6. Prepare to be challenged.Spread
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7. Clone the rumor.Flame
• Design different rumors that reveal the same “information”
• Plant the rumors in different suitable places
• Design them so as to appear as of independent origin
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8. Put in work to keep the rumor in motion.Flame
• Fight censorship
• Don’t allow someone to change the subject
• Keep it negative
• Refute facts by amplifying uncertainty
• Add back details lost during reproduction
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9. Never let anyone see you sweat.Flame
• Deflect attention away from yourself.
• Maintain a positive, upbeat attitude.
• Admit that you don’t know everything (remember, keep it simple)
• Blame a scapegoat
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10. Deny Everything.Flame
Create
Spread
Flame
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• Research Journals– A Psychology of Rumor Robert H. Knapp The Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring, 1944), pp. 22-37 Published by:
Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Association for Public Opinion Research
– An Analysis of Rumor Gordon W. Allport, Leo Postman The Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Winter, 1946-1947), pp. 501-517 Published by: Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Association for Public Opinion Research
– Problem Solving in Social Interactions on the Internet: Rumor as Social Cognition Prashant Bordia, Nicholas DiFonzo Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 67, No. 1 (Mar., 2004), pp. 33-49 Published by: American Sociological Association
– The Structure of Gossip: Opportunities and Constraints on Collective Expression among Adolescents Donna Eder, Janet Lynne Enke American Sociological Review, Vol. 56, No. 4 (Aug., 1991), pp. 494-508 Published by: American Sociological Association
– A Theory of Rumor Transmission H. Taylor Buckner The Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Spring, 1965), pp. 54-70 Published by: Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Association for Public Opinion Research
• Articles– http://danzarrella.com/rumors.html
– http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/10/12/how_to_fight_a_rumor/?page=full
– http://www.apa.org/science/psa/apr05gossip.html
For more information.
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