Interpersonal communication

About: Interpersonal communication is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 26243 publications have been published within this topic receiving 767999 citations.

Organizational Communication: A Critical Perspective

Abstract: Using a critical theoretical approach, this article analyzes conceptualizations of organizational communication failures. Perhaps because interpretations of communication failures have been dominated by a social psychological perspective, these reveal an unargued acceptance of communication failures as a consequence of hierarchical design with no alternatives presented or analyzed. This essay adapts the concept of communicative competence developed by Jurgen Habermas in a radically different way than most previous interpretations, certainly those most extant in public administration. As articulated here, the model of communicative competence suggests the need to confront organizational structure and consider more symmetrical relationships in order to enhance the possibilities of nondistorted organizational communication. Specifically, the model moves beyond the widely accepted factor of interpersonal trust as facilitating nondistorted communication and suggests a new way of viewing such research. Minimall...

Communication and Health Beliefs Mass and Interpersonal Influences on Perceptions of Risk to Self and Others

Abstract: This study investigated the impact of media coverage of a health issue (skin cancer) on judgements of risk to self and others and the role of related communication processes. Consistent with predictions derived from the impersonal impact hypothesis, the effects of mass communication were more evident in perceptions of risk to others rather than in perceptions of personal risk. Perceptions of personal risk were more strongly correlated with interpersonal communication. However, as suggested by media system dependency theory, the relationship between mass communication and beliefs was complex. The impact of mass communication on both personal and impersonal perceptions was found to be moderated by self-reported dependence on mass mediated information. The effect of this two-way interaction on perceptions of personal risk was partially mediated through interpersonal communication. Results point to the interdependence of mass and interpersonal communication as sources of social influence and the role of media...

Look who's talking: A comparison of lecture and group discussion teaching strategies in developing critical thinking skills

Abstract: This study compares the effectiveness of traditional lecture methods of instruction to group discussion methods of instruction in developing critical thinking skills. The participants in this study were 118 students enrolled in introductory interpersonal communication classes. No significant difference was found between the two instructional methods in developing critical thinking skills. However, significant gains were found from the pretest to the posttest for both instructional strategies. Specifically, the lecture method of instruction produced significant learning with regard to total score, low‐level thinking items, and high‐level thinking items. Group discussion, however, produced significantly more learning with regard to higher‐level items. These findings indicate that face‐to‐face instructional methods make a significant difference in student learning.

Applying Communication Theory for Professional Life: A Practical Introduction

Abstract: Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction to Communication Theory What Is Communication? What Is Theory? Evaluating Theory Chapter Summary Case Study 1: Evaluating Groupthink 2. Theory Development The Theory-Research Link What Is Research? Research Methods in Communication Social Science and the Humanities The Development and Change of Theories Chapter Summary Case Study 2: The Development of Attribution Theory 3. Explaining Theories of Cognition and Intrapersonal Communication The Cognitive Process Message Design Logics Communication Accomodation Theory Uncertainty Reduction Theory Expectancy Violations Theory Chapter Summary Case Study 3: Caught in Between 4. Explaining Theories of Interpersonal Communication Interpersonal Communication Defined Politeness Theory Social Exchange Theory Dialectical Perspective Communication Privacy Management Theory Chapter Summary Case Study 4: With a Friend Like This ... 5. Explaining Theories of Group Communication Group Communication Defined Systems Perspective Interaction Process Analysis/SYMLOG Symbolic Convergence Theory Functional Group Decision-Making Theory Chapter Summary Case Study 5: Dr. Devil and the Doomsday Assignment 6. Explaining Theories of Organizational Communication Organizational Communication Defined Organizational Culture Organizational Assimilation Theory Organizational Indentification and Control Organizing Theory Chapter Summary Case Study 6: Losing Hope 7. Explaining Theories of Persuasion Persuasion Defined Social Judgment Theory Elaboration Likelihood Model Theory of Planned Behavior The Theory of Reasoned Action Inoculation Theory Chapter Summary Case Study 7: The Database Dilemma 8. Explaining Theories of Leadership Leadership Defined Likert's Four Systems Transformational Leadership Contingency Model Leader-Member Exchange Chapter Summary Case Study 8: eXtreme Confusion at ECX 9. Explaining Theories of Mediated Communication Mass Communication Versus Mediated Communication Media Richness Theory Uses and Gratifications Theory Agenda-Setting Theory Cultivation Theory Chapter Summary Case Study 9: Casino Controversy 10. Explaining Theories of Culture Culture Defined Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions Gender and Communication: A Two-Culture Perspective Generations and Communication: Workplace Implications Face Negotiation Theory 11. So What Should a Communicator Do? Return to Communication Competence Conclusions About Communication Conclusions About Influences/Effects Chapter Summary Case Study 11: Arguments at Amazing Adventures References Index About the Author

Media space and communicative asymmetries: preliminary observations of video-mediated interaction

Abstract: Despite the growing interest in using audio-visual technologies to support communication and collaborative work among individuals in different locations, we still have relatively little understanding of the organization of video-mediated interaction. In the following article, we discuss some findings of recent research concerning interpersonal communication in a sophisticated multimedia office environment. Based on the detailed naturalistic analysis of individuals collaborating on various tasks during their day-to-day working lives, we explore the extent to which the media space provides a satisfactory means for interpersonal communication and ordinary sociability. In particular, the research suggests that audio-visual technology introduces certain asymmetries into interpersonal communication that can transform the impact of visual and vocal conduct. These communicative asymmetries may be consequential for the design and implementation of audio-visual infrastructures used to support informal sociability and collaborative work. What of the hands? We require, promise, call, dismiss, threaten, pray, supplicate, deny, refuse, interrogate, admire, number, confess, repent, confound, blush, doubt, instruct, command, incite, encourage, swear, testify, accuse, condemn, absolve, abuse, despise, defy, flatter, applaud, bless, humiliate, mock, reconcile, recommend, exalt, entertain, congratulate, complain, grieve, despair, wonder, exclaim.... There is not a motion that does not speak and in an intelligible language without discipline, and a public language that everyone understands. (Montaigne, 1952, pp. 215-216)