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Interpersonal Session Two

Index Card Assignment due Tuesday

Who is the most important person in your life? Why?

• Communication
  • Exchanging information
  • Not unique to humans
    • Prior species (home erectus, Neanderthal)
    • Other species (dolphins, chimpanzees, baboons, apes, whales, crows)
    • Extraterrestrial species (http://www.setiathome.org)
• Human Communication via
  • Human senses and modalities
  • Language
  • Media
  • Messages
• Interpersonal Communication
  • Management of relationships
  • A continuum from impersonal to very personal (Martin Buber)
    • I-It (impersonal) --> I-You (personal) --> I-Thou (very personal)
      • Treating someone as an object -->
      • Treating someone as a person -->
      • Treating someone as a friend
    • To or at --> with --> for

• Who
• Says what
• In which channel
• To whom
• With what effect

• Is distinct from other forms of human communication
• Involves mutual influence
• Is the primary means by which we manage relationships
  • Friendships
  • Significant others
  • Voluntary interdependencies
  • Ongoing connections
    • Work
    • Community
    • Home

• Improve relations with friends, significant others, and families
  • Something people pay big money for
• Improve mental and physical help
  • The most important reaction to stress is talking
  • Or at least writing a diary

• Mass Media
  • Broadcasting
  • Publishing
  • Art
• Interpersonal Media
  • Face to face
  • Telephony
  • Correspondence
• Mass Interpersonal Media

Models of the Communication Process:

Aristotle's Model (according to Berlo):

Bell's Drawing:

Saussure's Model:

Shannon's Model (according to Berlo):

Shannon’s Model:

An Interactive Model:

An Intermediary Model:

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