The Importance Of Communication And Social Media Communication

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I have family members who are located throughout several different states. My son lives in Arizona. My daughter lives in South Carolina. My mother, my siblings, and my nieces and nephews live in Casper, Wyoming. Also, I have an aunt who resides in Kentucky and another Aunt who lives in Florida. First, the relationship between my family in Wyoming and my family in Florida are disengaged. According to the class textbook, “the disengaged family members live within the hollow shell of relationships that used to be” (Galvin, 2000). Disengaged families avoid conflict, and in my family communication is limited to phone calls once every other month. My children and I communicate regularly by telephone, email, and social media. Communication is a …show more content…

Most people reported multi-tasking while they were talking on the phone. There were three main purposes that participants listed as reasons for communication, “exchange of purposive information that is unambiguous and goal-oriented, exchange of intimate personal information or casual conversation that builds and maintains social relationships, and impairing behavioral directions that serve as social sanctions (Patrick, 2015). The article discusses two forms of communication, high intensity communication, and low intensity communication. High intensity communication requires though, such as talking on the telephone, while low intensity communication requires little to no thought such as sending a joke (Patrick, 2015). The article discusses the “out of sight out of mind” theory, which indicates that communication is the glue that binds relationships together. Participants choose the settings, and the form of communication when reaching out to friends and family. Researchers found the number one communication tool used is the telephone, and the second is the computer. Concluding this study there were a few recommendations that the researchers

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