INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION | |
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Intrapersonal Communication (Persuasion)
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INTERPERSONAL
CONTEXT Interpersonal Communication Defined An interactional
process between two people (a dyad), Unit of Analysis The unit of analysis for interpersonal communication is the dyad or the relationship itself. Interpersonal Perspectives There are four specific perspectives from which to study interpersonal communication: Relational (Qualitative) Situational (Contextual) Quantitative Functional (Strategic) List of Representative Theories Communication Pragmatics / Interactional View (Watzlawick) Competence (Spitzberg & Cupach) Coordinated Management of Meaning (Pearce & Cronan) Expectancy Violation (Burgoon) Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation (Schutz) Interpersonal Deception (Buller & Burgoon) Marital Communication (Fitzpatrick) Relational Dialectics (Baxter & Montgomery) Social Exchange (Thibaut & Kelley) Social Penetration (Altman & Taylor) |