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Gossip in the workplace: A weapon or gift

Gossip in the workplace can be a weapon in reputational warfare or a gift and can offer clues to power and influence not found on organizational charts. New research from Indiana University details how the ...

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Internet fuels virtual subculture for sex trade, study finds

The Internet has spawned a virtual subculture of "johns" who share information electronically about prostitution, potentially making them harder to catch, according to a new study co-authored by a Michigan ...

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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How do older people use e-mail?

Researchers at the Universidad Pompeu Fabra (UPF, Spain) have studied how older people interact and use email in their daily life. The study was carried out in social centres in Barcelona and will be used ...

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created Apr 19, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sexual stereotypes influence behavior in adult bookstores, study

Visits to adult bookstores elicit behavior that ranges from macho swagger to skulking insecurity in men and bold confidence to adolescent giggling in women, a new University of Florida study finds.

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created Feb 01, 2007 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Some online video games found to promote 'sociability,' researchers say

Hang in there, parents. There is some hopeful news on the video-gaming front. Researchers have found that some of the large and hugely popular online video games – although condemned by many as time-gobbling, people-isolating ...

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created Aug 17, 2006 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0


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