“…Distributive reputation refers to the information about a group member that is stored throughout the group. Distributive reputation is not actively shared, but is accessible by simply inquiring about a group member (Whitmeyer, 2000). Discursive reputation emerges in active, face-to-face communication amongst group members, in such processes as gossip (Dunbar, 2004;Emler, 1994;Ben-Ze'ev, 1994), teasing , and pleasant idle chat.…”