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Foundations of Interpersonal Communication - Coggle Diagram
Foundations of Interpersonal Communication
Elements of Interpersonal Communcation
Source-receiver
Source is the one who formulate and send a message.
Receiver is the one who perceives and comprehends message
Encoding-Decoding
Encoding is the act of of producing messages
Decoding is the act of understanding messages
Messages
Feedback message
Feedforward message
Channels
The medium through which messages pass - a kind of bridge connecting source and receiver
Noise
Types of noise
Physical
Physiological
Psychological
Semantic
Context
4 dimension of context
Physical dimension
Temporal dimension
Social-psychological dimension
Social-psychological dimension
Cultural context
Ethics
Moral dimension of communication, the rightness and wrongness of communication
Principles of Interpersonal Communication
Purpose of Interpersonal Communication
To influence
To play
To relate
To help
To learn
Transactional process
Interpersonal communication is a process
Elements are interdependent
Ambiguous
Message is communication can be ambiguous because it can be interpreted as having more than one meaning
Symmetrical or complimentary
In a symmetrical relationship, two individual mirror each other's behavior.
Emphasize on minimizing the differences between the two individuals
Series of punctuated events
The is no clear-cut beginning and no clear-cut ending in a communication
Inevitable, irreversible and unrepeatable
Inevitable - communication cannot be prevented
Irreversible - what you have communicated remains communicated
Unrepeatable - communication is unrepeatable because everyone and everything is constantly changing