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This chapter examines online gossip and argues that while online gossip can be crucial for some marginalized communities (as a way of finding virtual solidarity amid physical marginalization), its anonymity, immediacy, and permanence represent dangers for gossip and facilitate irresponsible or toxic gossip.
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Adkins, K. (2017). Gossip in the Ether: How the Internet Does, and Doesn’t, Change Gossip. In: Gossip, Epistemology, and Power . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47840-1_7
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