In this episode there are many occasions where interpersonal conflict are shown. In Chapter 8 it talks about how extending social support to another can fail and make thing worst if the person in need does not view it as being helpful or sees it as a form of over support (Bevan & Sole, 2014). There are two cases of interpersonal communication that I saw in this television show that I would like to discuss. The first interpersonal communication conflict I saw was when Olivia Pope was in a room with her mother and she is asking for her daughter to help get her released from custody. Her mother was looking for sympathy because she knew exactly what she had done. According to Bevan & Sole sympathy is the way you feel for another person, without even having to identify what they are going through (Bevan & Sole, 2014). When Olivia’s mother …show more content…
She tried to explain to him what happened in her elected victory. He really didn’t want to hear nothing she had to say, so he began bossing her around and making demands of her. In the chapter Bevan & Sole explains that avoidance is sidestepping discussions about a specific topic or evading the partner, while destructive conflict is being controlling and bossing the partner around (Bevan & Sole, 2014). The president could have handled the situation better than what he did. He could have asked his wife to step into another room privately and discussed the situation there. If he wanted to know why his wife had to meet with the enemies, he could of either asked her or asked around. If he had spoken to his wife, he would have found out exactly why she was dealing with the devil since she had no idea as to who she was meeting until the secret operations showed her some personal files of her and her husband having
Conversation Analysis (CA) is the study of talk-within-interaction that attempts to describe the orderliness, structure and sequential patterns of interaction in conversation. It is a method of qualitative analysis developed by Harvey Sacks with the aid of Emmanuel Schegloff and Gail Jefferson in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Using the CA frame of mind to view stories shows us that what we may think to be simplistic relaying of information or entertaining our friends is in fact a highly organised social phenomena that is finely tuned in a way that expresses the teller’s motivation behind the talk. (Hutchby & Wooffitt, 2011). It is suggested that CA relies on three main assumptions; talk is a form of social action, action is structurally organised, talk creates and maintains inter-subjectivity (Atkinson & Heritage, 1984).
The short story Mrs. Turner Cutting Grass relates very much to the text information from the provided text: “Interpersonal Communications Relating to Others.”
Throughout the semester, we have been introduced to many topics related to interpersonal communication. I have come to believe that these concepts have allowed me to better understand interactions that occur in our daily lives. My knowledge of these concepts was challenged when asked to relate these notions to a movie. During the time that I was watching the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, I realized myself grasping onto what was going on and being able to relate certain scenes and situations to topics I had previously learned about. Interactions in My Big Fat Greek Wedding display concepts of conflict and politeness theory, which can be pointed out in a few specific scenes.
Interpersonal communication is underappreciated. When doing this media analysis paper for Breaking Bad I did not realize how much interpersonal communication played a role in this TV series. Communication, especially in TV series or movies, is critical to making a piece of media desirable and fun to watch for the viewer. Breaking Bad’s producers did a fantastic job with their writing of the script. Everything they wanted to communicate to the audience through the characters was fully understandable. Communication in our everyday life plays such an important part because it is how we communicate to the people around. It is how we express our emotions and thoughts. It is a very powerful tool that could be used positively or negatively. We see both of the situations in Breaking Bad. Walter and Jesse used it positively in Breaking Bad because they grew their drug empire to stretch across the globe. It was also used negatively when Walter is communicating with Skyler. Walter does lie to Skyler a lot and does not do the best job get his point out to her. He makes it a very hostile environment where communication from Skyler is oppressed because of fear. Even in Breaking Bad Walter could improve on his interpersonal communication skills. Even myself, I can improve my interpersonal communication skills. When I do work on my interpersonal communication all my relationships will improve dramatically as well as me being able to express my thoughts more
According to article entitled “ Marriage Quality” published by Comstock and Sterzizweick in 1990 states that “it is not absence or presence of problem which determines the marriage quality but it is how successful to handle conflicts, that determine marital relationship quality.
This classic love story describes how people can change once they interact with other people. Moreover, this is an example of how human beings in general need interaction to be normal functioning citizens of society. Having relationships, can make a person feel better about him and can possibly revolutionize or emerge a personality that was quiescent due to lack of interaction. This video demonstrates many facets of interpersonal communication.
In every society nonverbal communication is one of the most powerful tools that a person can use to interpret the message that is being delivered. Even though verbal communication is fairly straightforward, nonverbal communication allows others to sense the true emotions of the person that is expressing them. For example even though a person may say that they are not irritated, their usage of voice may display otherwise. Nonverbal communication not only reveals hidden messages, but it also complements, substitutes, and exaggerates verbal communication.
Adler, R. B., Rosenfeld, L. B., & Proctor, R. F. (2013). Interplay The Prrocess of Interpersonal Communication. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc.
One can easily compare my brother, Andrew, interpersonal conflict with this model. The model consists of the two most important aspects of a conflict, communication behaviors, and the perception of those behaviors. The communication behaviors that existed within Andrew interpersonal conflict were obviously differences between both parties. My brother, Andrew, felt attacked and betrayed by his friends and family, so his communication was very selective. When Andrew would speak to the other party (friends and family) he would lash out by yelling and screaming. Whereas, the communication behaviors among Andrew’s friends and my family was claim but aggressive. They showed their true emotions, even though those emotions hurt Andrew severely. They were brutally honest and they did not back down. They made sure that their message was
Hocker & Wilmot, 2007, Poole, & Stutman, 2005 Folger and 2007 Cahn& Abigail. "Interpersonal Conflict and Conflict Management." Devito, Joseph A. The Interpersonal Communication Book. Boston: Pearson, Allyn & Bacon, 2009. 276.
Throughout the semester, we have studied numerous communication theories. Their purpose is to help understand exactly what happens when we interact with others. We might not necessarily agree with all of the theories, but the idea is to develop tools to evaluate situations we may encounter. Often, when the theories are explained in the readings or lecture, it is beneficial to apply the concepts to a "real life" situation. Using this approach, I will use a situation that many of us have faced, or will face, and analyze it according to a particular communication theory.
Many shows use interpersonal conflict between their characters and Modern Family is one of the shows. In the show, Modern Family, a husband husband couple, Mitch and Cam had an interpersonal conflict because Cam got sick the night of a concert they had been waiting to see and Mitch still wanted to go. Mitch thought of ideas to get out of taking care of Cam and going to the concert, and in the end ended up going to the concert without Cam knowing. The
Interpersonal communication is one of the significant skills while communicating with other individuals. It normally covers an extensive area and includes both verbal and non-verbal communication. Body language and facial expression may affect the accurateness of the message transmission directly. Interpersonal communication skills normally ensure that the message is sent and received correctly without any alteration thus improving the communication efficiency. Learning diverse aspects of interpersonal communication has greatly aided me in better understanding of what it consists. I am capable of applying the knowledge gained from this course to my personal experiences. This paper reflects on my personal experience in learning interpersonal communication.
The purpose of this paper is not to teach you, or to show you how interpersonal communication is essential to everyday life at home or work. But, I am going to do my best to at least show you how essential communication skills are in all areas of life by using me as the example. My plan is to focus on some of the elements of interpersonal communication that we have been touching on this semester. While reading our Interpersonal Communications Book, three goals kept being highlighted that I personally wanted to accomplish by the end of course. I’m sure that by now have noticed that I keep referring to my topics as goals. The reason why I’m doing so is because I’m still on that learning curve…an ongoing process. If can recall back to all of our assignment in this course they all bring one collective point. That point is that, Interpersonal communication is an essential skill in everything that we do in life.
Selective exposure refers to the tendency for people to expose themselves to those things that support their belief systems and avoid stimuli that challenge or contradict them (Orbe, Mark P., Carol J. Bruess. Contemporary Issues in Interpersonal Communication. Los Angeles: Roxbury, 2005. Print.) In other words, people tend to avoid those topics with which they disagree or do not understand and sidestep endeavors in which they are not as skilled. This is a recurring negative trait I have noticed in myself since I left high school. As a matter of fact, this class, Interpersonal Communication, is the first class I decided to take that was outside of my comfort zone. Until this current term I have been taking classes I knew