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  • Behavioral Economics
  • Information Dissemination

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  • Gossip is a primary channel for social information.
  • The reliability of gossip is crucial for social interactions and decision-making.
  • Understanding factors influencing gossip's accuracy is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how the interdependence structure between gossip senders, targets, and receivers affects gossip's trustworthiness.
  • To determine if self-interest influences the truthfulness of gossip.
  • To analyze the conditions under which false positive and false negative gossip occur.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted a scenario study (Nsenders = 350, Nobservations = 700) and an interactive laboratory experiment (Nsenders = 126, Nobservations = 3024).
  • Participants engaged in a sequential prisoner's dilemma game.
  • Manipulated interdependence structures: gossipers' outcomes linked to targets', receivers', or independent.

Main Results:

  • Gossip was more frequently false when senders' outcomes were interdependent with targets' outcomes.
  • False positive gossip (self-serving) increased when senders were interdependent with targets.
  • False negative gossip did not increase when senders were interdependent with receivers.

Conclusions:

  • The interdependence structure significantly impacts gossip's trustworthiness.
  • Gossipers are less likely to be truthful when their outcomes align with the target's outcomes.
  • Self-interest, particularly when aligned with the target, can lead to biased information.