Gossip, Women, Film, and Chick Flicks

Dr Sarah-Mai Dang is a Research Assistant at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Previously, she worked at the Collaborative Research Center “Aesthetic Experience and the Dissolution of Artistic Limits” (SFB 626) and at the Department for Film Studies, both at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Gossip as an Organizing Principle of Social Order and Perception.- 3. Easy A – “A is for Awesome”.- 4. Emma – “A match well made, a job well done.”.- 5. A Matter of Perspective.