Virtual gossip: How gossip regulates moral life in virtual worlds

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Highlights：

• In-depth qualitative study on gossip in 3D social virtual worlds.

• The study systematically addresses gossip in virtual and face-to-face encounters.

• In-world functions of interpersonal gossip are similar to offline functions of gossip.

• Due to technology, in-world gossip becomes an inflated form of traditional gossip.

摘要

•In-depth qualitative study on gossip in 3D social virtual worlds.•The study systematically addresses gossip in virtual and face-to-face encounters.•In-world functions of interpersonal gossip are similar to offline functions of gossip.•Due to technology, in-world gossip becomes an inflated form of traditional gossip.

论文关键词：Gossip,Moral regulation,Hybrid ethnography,Second life

论文评审过程：Received 23 December 2015, Revised 9 May 2016, Accepted 23 May 2016, Available online 10 June 2016, Version of Record 10 June 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.065