COM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Interpersonal Communication, Social Exclusion, Intercultural Communication
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The process of using messages to generate meaning between at least two people in a situation that allows mutual opportunities for both speaking and listening. Interpersonal relationships: associations between two people interdependent who use some consistent patterns of interaction and who have interacted for an extended period of time; quality of time also matters. Interpersonal vs. impersonal relationships: in impersonal relationships, you must make guesses about the conversation based on sociological or cultural info, rather than what you know about the person. Interpersonal relationships fulfill the need for inclusion, affection, and control. Some relationships are complementary (different strengths), and some are symmetrical (both people bring the same strengths: most fictional relationships are complementary. Motivations for initiating relationships: proximity, attractiveness, responsiveness, similarity/complementarity. Maintaing relationships: co-cultural differences affect how and why we maintain relationships, the way we communicate affects relationships. Terminating relationships: hurtful messages, lies, aggressiveness, argumentativeness, defensiveness.
