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interpersonal communication (context, time, intimacy (context (family, job…
interpersonal communication
interpersonal communication is when people treat one another as unique individuals, regardless of context in which interaction takes place or number of people involved.
context, time, intimacy
context
family, job, school, religions, sports etc
time
length of time
intimacy
closeness of a relationship
physical intimacy
intellectual intimacy
emotional intimacy
spiritual intimacy
degree
affinity
This is the degree to which we like each other or appreciate each other.
control
This is the degree to which parties have power to influence each other.
conversational control: who talks, who interrupts, who decides what is talked about
why do we form relationships?
factors that influence our choice of relational partners
appearance
similarity
complementarity
reciprocal attraction
competence
disclosure
proximity
rewards
functional aspects of interpersonal communication
In order to understand how relationships achieve strategic functions, we will look at
instrumental goals, relationship-maintenance goals, and self-presentation goals.
instrumental goals
such as gaining compliance
relational goal
we are striving to maintain a positive relationship
another form of relational talk is "DTK talk"
self presentation goals
by adapting our communication in order to be perceived in particular ways.
Just as many companies, celebrities, and politicians create a public image, we desire to present different faces in different contexts.
relationship cultures
the climates established through interpersonal communication that are unique to the relational partners but based on larger cultural and social norms