%0 Journal Article
%T The Evolution of ¡°Rumor¡±
%A Jing Qin
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 7
%N 1
%P 1-6
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2020
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1106011
%X <div style="text-align:justify;">
	<span style="line-height:1.5;">Rumor is a social phenomenon and its true colors are similar to those of ¡°folk commentaries¡±, including ¡°folk songs¡±, ¡°nursery rhymes¡±, ¡°folk cus-toms¡±, ¡°ballads¡±, ¡°new rhymes¡±, ¡°village ballads¡±, ¡°chanting ballads¡± and so on. It is also an important monitoring system in ancient China. With the development of society, ¡°rumor¡± has changed its semantic meaning. In modern Chinese, ¡°rumor¡± has become an unreliable,</span><span style="line-height:1.5;"> deceptive and derog-atory term. This article is to investigate the evolution of rumors and its re-lationship with hearsay, so as to correctly distinguish the uses of two dif-ferent forms in real life so as to curb rumors, and foreground the positive role of ¡°hearsay¡± in the monitoring system.</span>
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%K Rumor
%K Hearsay
%K Social Phenomenon
%K Folk Commentary
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5425619