Interpersonal and Communication

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CODE : ESD 1013
SUBJECT : INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER : 1 / INTRODUCTION TO INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATI

Introduction:

- Once we make contact with others, we communicate and we continue to do so until we draw our last breath - Even though many of our messages are not verbalized, we nonetheless send messages to others-intentionally and sometimes unintentionally - Most people spend 80-90 percent of their waking hours communicating with others[1]. It is through these interactions with others that we develop interpersonal relationships[2]

A. DEFINING INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

• Interpersonal means involving relations between people • Communication means process of acting on information • Interpersonal communication means a mutual human communication to manage relationship • Human communication means a process of making sense out of the world and sharing that sense with others by creating meaning through the use of verbal and nonverbal messages[3] • We learn about the world by listening, observing, tasting, touching, and smelling; then we share our conclusions with others. • Human comm. encompasses many media: , songs, radio and tv broadcasts, e-mail, letters, books, articles, poems and advertisements

i) Interpersonal Communication Is A Distinctive Form of Communication - Interpersonal comm. is defined not just by the number of people who communicate, but by the quality of the communication - The communicators have develop an attitude toward each other that is honest, open, spontaneous,nonjudgemental, and based on equality and not superiority[4]

ii) Interpersonal Communication Involves Mutual Influence Between Individuals - Mutual influence means that all partners are affected by a transaction, not just one person. It may or may not involve words - The degree of mutual influence varies a great deal from transaction to transaction and every transaction