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__**Presentation Proposal**__

//** Focus Topic: ** How gossip has altered our ideas of knowledge//

//- Gossip - **Tas**// // o Definition of Gossip// // o History of gossip// // o What is gossip (mini quiz)// //- Gossip changed our knowledge of ourselves - **Rebecca**// // o Bullying, suicide// // o People have become so dependent on gossip that it has changed their way of thinking// //- Gossip changes academic knowledge// // o We don’t look for the source of information anymore// // o Were okay with being told information// //- Gossip affects politics/economy - **Justin**// // o We look towards gossip to decide who is the best candidate to run our country// // o Gossip brought up in elections/debates?// // o Gossip effects the stock market/Y2K// //- Gossip changes the knowledge of people we look up to - **Nidhi**// // o Celebrities – gossip can completely change our ideas of a person just from what we read in a magazine or tabloid// // o Tiger Woods, for example.// //- Celebrities use of Gossip// // o Gossip is utilized as a commodity to benefit a person// // § “Any press is good press”//