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The Purpose and Benefits of Gossip & The Cure for Busyness

Something You Should Know

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What's Going on With Celebrities?

Frank mc andrew is a professor of psychology at Knox college in Illinois. He says there are two types of gossip: that about people we know, and celebrity gossip. Our brains are unprepared for mass media and celebrities, he says. We can't help ourselves, but the fact that we know a lot makes us want to know more.

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