Navigating Gossip in Media
WRIT-381N-1
Binghamton University
- Semester
- Winter 25/26
- Instructor
- Vanessa Jaeger (P)
- Start Date
- 12-17-2025
- Total Credits
- 4
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The pervasiveness of gossip has us constantly asking: what’s the tea? Such observations are particularly true when we consider the increasing roles of celebrity culture, politics, and misinformation on social media and online sources. What is the power of gossip that compels us to crave the intimate details of major cultural figures? How do we dissect gossip from a rhetorical standpoint to consider what constitutes “good” gossip from “bad”? By looking at how media deploys rhetorical strategies in their writing to (re)frame information, we will consider what drives audiences to consume certain information over others, how to produce these genres, and ultimately the ethics of gossip in both written and oral forms.
Course Area: Communication Studies
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Dates: 12-17-2025 - 01-16-2026
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