Interpersonal communication

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

Interpersonal attraction, social identification and psychological group formation

Abstract: Two perspectives on the nature of the social group and psychological group formation are discussed. The traditional social cohesion approach traces group formation to processes of interpersonal attraction, while the social identity approach defines the group in cognitive terms and considers identification, or self-categorization, to be the mechanism of psychological group formation. On the basis of an experiment by Turner, Sachdev and Hogg (1983) it is hypothesized that interpersonal attraction (positive or negative) is related to group formation only in so far as it enhances intergroup distinctiveness. This hypothesis is experimentally tested in a 2 × 3 (interpersonal liking/disliking per se versus no explicit categorization/random categorization/criterial categorization on the basis of affect) factorial design employing the ‘minimal group’ paradigm. People who like each other and were not explicitly categorized formed a group. This effect was enhanced by criterial categorization but disappeared when categorization was random. Although the results do not support the hypothesis, they are not explicable in social cohesion terms. A social identity explanation is furnished—attraction influences group formation by acting, under certain specifiable conditions, as a cognitive criterion for common category membership. This explanation is located in current theorizing and is proposed as part of a reconceptualization of the relationship between interpersonal attraction and group formation.

Interpersonal Processes in Close Relationships

Abstract: INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 INTERDEPENDENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................................... 611 Definitions of Relationships and of Closeness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. 611 Norms Governing the Giving and Acceptance of Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. 612 EMOTION . . . . . . . . . . ............ ..... ......... .......................... ....................... ......... 618 Perceivers' Emotions, Impressions of Others, and Social Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619 INTIMACy..... . . . . . . ........ . ... . . . . ....... . . . . . . . .......... . . . . . . ..... . . . . ......... . . . .. ..... . . . ..... 628 Components of Intimacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628 Examining Intimacy on Diff erent Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630 Sex Diff erences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636 Is Intimacy All Good? . . . . . . . . .......... .............................. .................. ......... 636 LOVE. . . . . . ........... . ............ . . . .. . . . . ........ . . . . .. .......... . . . . . ........ . . . . ........ . . . . . . ...... 637 Descriptions of Love: Prototypes and Varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... ...... 638 Interpersonal Processes in the Experience of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN RELATIONSHIP PROCESSES ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 Systematically Relating Personality Variables to Relationships: The Case of Self-Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Examining Interaction Between People with Specified Dispositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647 New Individual-Diff erence Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648 Neglected Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 METHODOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 New Research-Design Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 New Procedures and Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 CONCLUDING COMMENTS................ .. ....... .............. . .............. . . . ............. 660

Experiential knowledge: a new concept for the analysis of self-help groups.

Abstract: Experiential knowledge (truth based on personal experience with a phenomenon) is introduced as a new analytical concept that characterizes self-help groups. The attributes of experiential and professional knowledge are compared. This new concept is useful in considering the theoretical and practical issues regarding the relationship between self-help groups and professionals.

News Recommendations from Social Media Opinion Leaders: Effects on Media Trust and Information Seeking

Abstract: Polls show a strong decline in public trust of traditional news outlets; however, social media offers new avenues for receiving news content. This experiment used the Facebook API to manipulate whether a news story appeared to have been posted on Facebook by one of the respondent's real-life Facebook friends. Results show that social media recommendations improve levels of media trust, and also make people want to follow more news from that particular media outlet in the future. Moreover, these effects are amplified when the real-life friend sharing the story on social media is perceived as an opinion leader. Implications for democracy and the news business are discussed.

Do Gestures Communicate? A Review

Abstract: (1994). Do Gestures Communicate? A Review. Research on Language and Social Interaction: Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 175-200.