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SUBMITTER: Pan X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10907321 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pan Xinyue X Hsiao Vincent V Nau Dana S DS Gelfand Michele J MJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20240220 9
Gossip, the exchange of personal information about absent third parties, is ubiquitous in human societies. However, the evolution of gossip remains a puzzle. The current article proposes an evolutionary cycle of gossip and uses an agent-based evolutionary game-theoretic model to assess it. We argue that the evolution of gossip is the joint consequence of its reputation dissemination and selfishness deterrence functions. Specifically, the dissemination of information about individuals' reputation ...[more]