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Digiday
‘It’s a basic survival instinct’: Office gossip is vital for relationship building, but could be hindered in hybrid working setups, say experts
According to Jack Levin, a professor at Northeastern University in Boston and author of the book ‘Gossip: The Inside Scoop’, chit-chat at work can be a force for good. It ties together social and business networks and can improve productivity.
NBC News
Walls won’t save our cities from rising seas. Here’s what will.
“Building a living shoreline starts with a good understanding of what the natural condition along that shoreline once was,” says Steven Scyphers, a coastal scientist at Northeastern University. He adds that the process of creating a living shoreline might be as straightforward as restoring what once existed at the site — whether it’s oyster reefs, […]
Why we love to gossip
Humans have a powerful drive to know about other people’s lives. It’s the fascination — often seasoned liberally with schadenfreude — behind a welter of magazines and television programs that have made celebrity gossip a more than $3 billion industry. “Your life may be more glamorous than mine,” we might think as we scan the […]
WGBH
Why the midterms could prove to be a disaster for the planet
Monday’s broadcast of The CBS Evening News began on a portentous note. “Good evening,” said anchor Scott Pelley. “Melting glaciers, rising sea levels, higher temperatures. If you think someone’s trying to tell us something, someone just did.” Pelley’s introduction was followed by a report on the latest study by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on […]
WGBH Boston Public Radio
BPR: Boston Globe’s Brian McGory, criminologist Jack Levin, saving the U.S.P.S., bible blockbusters
Northeastern University’s Jack Levin gives us insight into Jared Remy’s violent past. Levin also leavens the conversation with his analysis on why explains why gossiping is good for you. {Audio: starts at 1:15}
WGBH Boston Public Radio
BPR: Boston Globe’s Brian McGrory, Criminologist Jack Levin, Saving the U.S.P.S, Bible Blockbusters
Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory goes over the latest news surrounding last year’s Boston Marathon Bombing, from the Department of Justice and a Florida prosecutor ruling separately that an FBI agent involved in the fatal shooting of Ibragim Todashev acted in self-defense, to the Congressional report that details missed opportunities among intelligence agencies in run-up to the […]
U.S. News & World Report
Don’t Worry, Be Happy—At Work
Avoid the negative. There’s nothing more demoralizing than negative talk at the office. Whether such grousing is fueled bypolitics or gossip, no good can come of it. Lynne Sarikas, executive director of the MBA Career Center at Northeastern University, suggests steering clear of being sucked in by nattering nabobs. “Some people just have to have […]
Khaleej Times
The goodness of gossip
Yes, you read right. Recent research does actually offer a positive spin to this age-old practice — one that goes beyond the rumours and tall tales.
Wonder Woman InToday
Pssst! Gossip can do good
Thanks to tabloids, Twitter and TMZ, gossip has a nasty reputation. The truth of the matter: it’s actually one of the most important ways we interact within our social and professional networks, says Jack Levin, Ph.D., a professor of sociology and criminology at Northeastern University and co-author of Gossip: The Inside Scoop. And with the […]