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Interpersonal Session One

Index Card:

• On Front
  • Your Name (preferred)
  • Your E-Mail address (preferred)
• On Back
  • Why are you here?

I am:

Dr. Foulger

http://davis.foulger.info/oswego/

What is Interpersonal Communication?

• The thing we do most in our lives
  • More time than we spend eating
  • More time than most of us spend sleeping
• The way we've communicated longer than any other
  • As a species and lineage
  • As individuals
• The source of our
  • Highest highs
  • Lowest lows
  • Sense of self
  • Sense of place in the world

Interpersonal Communication in Context

• Interdisciplinary Roots
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Anthropology
  • Computer Science
• The field of Communication includes:
  • Rhetoric
  • Writing
  • Theatre
  • Journalism
  • Organizational
  • Public Relations
  • Broadcasting
  • Interpersonal
  • Group
  • Intercultural
  • Health, Legal, and other specialized
  • Computer Mediated

Books, grading and expectations

http://davis.foulger.info/oswego/Fall2002/Interpersonal/index.htm

This is the reliable place to look

Outline of Course

• Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
• Interpersonal Communication and Self
• Interpersonal Communication and Other (Listening)
• Language
• Non-verbal Communication
• Conflict
• Relationships
• Contexts