八卦行為研究初探

• Main Authors: Hsiao-Fen Yang, 楊曉芬
• Other Authors: 翁玲玲
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71491699714424263157

碩士 === 佛光大學 === 生命學研究所 === 95 === Gossip is deeply rooted in daily life; and interest in gossip is evident from the healthy sales of contemporary gossip publications in Taiwan. The aim of this thesis is to investigate why people like gossiping. What effect does gossip have on our social relations? And how is gossip transformed through transmission? A volunteer religious group is the field work subject of this study. The phenomenon of gossip is first considered in terms of theories of social functions, self benefit and cultural symbolism, and subsequently examined from two aspects: construction and manipulation. The study finds that gossip can be an artifice for a person or group to maintain his or their own interests and value, or to understand the culture of others. It also finds that the narrator of gossip controls information and exerts power through the transmission of gossip, serving the narrator’s particular interest through embroidering, suppressing or exaggerating content. The narrator gains influence over the thinking of interlocutors who have been manipulated or convinced by a particular piece of gossip. This kind of artifice also satisfies the need of control in personal relations.