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A blind item is a news story, typically in a gossip column, in which the details of the matter are reported while the identities of the people involved are not revealed. The invention of the blind item is credited to William d'Alton Mann (1839–1920), publisher of Town Topics, who often used it for blackmail. Communication privacy management theory relates to the ideas of information privacy that influence this form of communication.
The advent of gossip websites brought about more public debate and speculation about the individual blind item stories, and also about the ethics surrounding the practice. Audiences might use blind item material as a shared topic of conversation with peers, and perhaps even as a conversational entry point to a sensitive topic that is personal to them.
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- Bonner, Mehera. "The King of the Hollywood Blind Item Reveals All". Vanities. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- "Gossiper Silenced". Time. Jan 25, 1932. Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved Aug 8, 2008.
- McNealy, Jasmine; Mullis, Michaela Devyn (March 2019). "Tea and turbulence: Communication privacy management theory and online celebrity gossip forums". Computers in Human Behavior. 92: 110–118. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2018.10.029. ISSN 0747-5632. S2CID 59528457.
- Ortner, Heike (2013), Not So Blind Items: Anonymous Celebrity Gossip Exposed (PDF)
- Petersen, Anne Helen (May 2011). The Gossip Industry: Producing and Distributing Star Images, Celebrity Gossip and Entertainment News 1910-2010 (Thesis). The University of Texas at Austin.
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