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Chapter 13 Interpersonal Communication
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Interpersonal
Relationship/s between at least two people
Exists in many forms: friends, group, familial, romantic, professional, acquaintances, functional/service, etc.
Uncertainty Reduction Theory (URT)
Social Information Processing Theory
-observe
-interaction
-seek outside information
-online/CMC relationships
-only foster when we actively participate in them: tweet, status updates, texts, Snapchat, Instagram, Second Life, avatars, etc.
Social Exchange Theory
Social Penetration Theory
Do the costs outweigh the benefits?
- we reveal ourselves to each other layer by layer (self-disclosure)
- some people see more layers than others
-try not to reveal too much at one time
Self Disclosure
Dialectics Theory:
Push/Pull
autonomy vs togetherness
openness vs closedness
novelty vs predictablity
-develop relationships
-intimacy
-self-representation
-cathartic
"Small Talk"
-casual banter, lightweight topics
-good for networking, starting new friendships/romantic interests, being successful in social/professional contexts
-culture bound (Molinsky, 2013)