Difonzo Rumors

In this passage “How Rumors Help Us Make Sense of an Uncertain World “by Nicholas Difonzo he defines rumor as unverified information that people think are important. He then explains where they come from, what they consist of, and what people get from them. He explains what makes a rumor; Rumors must be informational, acts of communication, significant to the tellers and audience, and never verified truthful information.
Within the passage the rumors are described to be an encouragement to others during difficult times. Nicholas Difonzo describes rumors as a positive or negative aspect. From this passage it seems that people try to make rumors that benefit themselves. Rumors are past upon others to give a better understanding of certain situations
An example of a positive outcome of a rumor that was provided in the passage was” A rumor about stocks, they’re relevant to someone financial bottom line”. An example of a negative rumor that was given was “Tropical Fantasy fruit punch is owned by the KKK” as stated in the passage this was in fact proven to be false. It is considered a rumor, when it is passed from person to person in whom it could be true or false. The author Nicholas Difonza provided an informative documentation educating us on what a rumor is. He provided facts, and real life incidents to support his argument of a
I in fact agree with Nicholas Difonzo, to a certain extent. Such as, he proclaimed that all rumors are not considered negative. Unfortunately, I disagree as a student in High School I have seen more negative outcomes from rumors rather than positive outcomes. However, Difonzo said “rumors consist of statements in circulation that people generally consider significant or of interest to tellers and hearers”. I agree with this statement, because many people are not going to keep constantly talking about a topic if it does not have any type of interest to them. For example” The Sandra Bland Case had great interest to many; people talked about it and even supported the case. From this many rumors circulated around the nation from this case. I understand on various types of rumors carried on in society, but I feel rumors have a negative impact on others rather than a