COM310 Communications Theory Paper
Communications Theory Paper
COM/310
Nathan Logan
When people think or talk about communication it is often the basics of communicating from one person to another. Communication has several different deeper layers better known as theories. Communication theories allow us to have a deeper understanding of how we communicate not only with others but also with ourselves. The theories of communication also allow us to better understand ourselves and how we would react or not react in situations. It is important to understand the many ways we communicate throughout the world.
The social penetration theory takes a look in to how relationships go from very basic and shallow to intimate strong relationships. I can relate to this theory in both my personal and professional life. In my current relationship with my wife we were at a point where our relationship was very shallow and didn’t really mean anything. We hung out with each other and had fun with other but nothing was serious about it at all. As time went on and we learned more about each other we also grew to like each other and wanted to spend more time with each other. The relationship was leaving the basic shallow phase to a more intimate phase. We began to spend time with each other exclusively without the company of others. This allowed out relationship to grow even deeper and more intimate. As we began to see each other exclusively we started to see our relationship grow and decided to make it official by getting married after three years of dating each other. I feel this theory played out well in my relationship with my wife and if very close of the description of the theory. In all relationships there is always room from improvement whether it is small improvements or large improvements. There are ways in which I and in some cases where my wife feel as if some portions of the relationship moved forward without full use of the social penetration theory. The relationship continued to move towards intimate
COM/310
Nathan Logan
When people think or talk about communication it is often the basics of communicating from one person to another. Communication has several different deeper layers better known as theories. Communication theories allow us to have a deeper understanding of how we communicate not only with others but also with ourselves. The theories of communication also allow us to better understand ourselves and how we would react or not react in situations. It is important to understand the many ways we communicate throughout the world.
The social penetration theory takes a look in to how relationships go from very basic and shallow to intimate strong relationships. I can relate to this theory in both my personal and professional life. In my current relationship with my wife we were at a point where our relationship was very shallow and didn’t really mean anything. We hung out with each other and had fun with other but nothing was serious about it at all. As time went on and we learned more about each other we also grew to like each other and wanted to spend more time with each other. The relationship was leaving the basic shallow phase to a more intimate phase. We began to spend time with each other exclusively without the company of others. This allowed out relationship to grow even deeper and more intimate. As we began to see each other exclusively we started to see our relationship grow and decided to make it official by getting married after three years of dating each other. I feel this theory played out well in my relationship with my wife and if very close of the description of the theory. In all relationships there is always room from improvement whether it is small improvements or large improvements. There are ways in which I and in some cases where my wife feel as if some portions of the relationship moved forward without full use of the social penetration theory. The relationship continued to move towards intimate