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Journal Article Social Components of Children's Gossip Get access Gary Alan Fine Gary Alan Fine 1Gary Alan Fine did this study while at the Department of Psychology, Harvard University and is presently in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. He is the co-author with Ralph L. Rosnow of Rumor and Gossip: The Social Psychology of Hearsay (Elsevier, 1976) Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 27, Issue 1, March 1977, Pages 181–185, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1977.tb01815.x Published: 07 February 2006
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