The phrase interpersonal communication to some might be a foreign term. To fully understand what interpersonal communication means one must be aware of the complexity regarding the many theories, concepts, and key elements that go along with it. Interpersonal communication happens everywhere, and after watching the movie The Blind Side I was able to visually analyze and identify many concepts and theories discussed in the reading. Beginning in chapter one page 12, the first concept by a man named Martin Buber who in 1970 established the three levels of communication: I-It, I-You, and I-Thou. These three levels of communication were very apparent in The Blind Side from the get-go. The main character, Michael Oher, upon arriving at his new school had encountered the three communication levels with his new peers. “In an I-It relationship, we treat others very impersonally, almost as objects. In I-It communication, we do not acknowledge the humanity of other people; we may not even affirm their existence” (Wood, p. 12). The I-It communication was with Michael and the students at school. …show more content…
120). “Speech communities arise out of social locations-that is, people who share a social location tend to develop shared understandings of communication” (p. 120). An example of a speech community in the film would be the thugs where Michael was raised. In the scene where Mrs. Tuohy waits in the car for Michael you view a group of men sitting on the stairs communicating between one another using terms like “shawty” or “snowflake”. Not only do the group of men use unique words or phrases but they also all lack in their education and is noticeable with every word said. When Michael begins to distance himself from the people he was raised with, which all share the same speech community, Mrs. Tuohy is quick to correct his grammar in one of their first
Adler, R. B., Rosenfeld, L. B., & Proctor, R. F. (2013). Interplay The Prrocess of Interpersonal Communication. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc.
The film, The Breakfast Club, is an impressive work of art, addressing almost every aspect of interpersonal communication. This is easily seen here, as I’ve gone through and shown how all these principles of interpersonal communication apply to real-life, using only two short interpersonal interactions from the movie. I’ve explained aspects of interpersonal communication, nonverbal communication, verbal misunderstandings, communication styles, gender issues, and self-disclosures. With that said, I believe I have demonstrated my ability to apply principles of interpersonal communication with simulated real-life examples.
The popular teen movie “Mean Girls” accurately portrays several concepts from Chapter Two including Interaction Appearance Theory and Undue Influence, just to name a few that allow teen viewers to see the type of communication there is or will be in high school. Through the interactions with her new peers, Cady Heron is able to communicate and experience several of the concepts learned in Chapter Two thanks to the interactions she had with the deceiving Regina George.
Interpersonal communication is the process by which people exchange information, feelings, and meaning through verbal and non-verbal messages it is face-to-face communication. There is a sender and a receiver; sender sends the message as the receiver comprehends the message with a feedback. In this case either the doctor or the patient can
Interpersonal communication is everywhere in society, both the past, present, and the future. “Marty,” a love story, and a movie made in the fifties, shows many examples of interpersonal communication. In this movie, the main character, Marty, who is a decent, socially awkward man who is pressured by his peers and family to find love and get married. He then gets fed up and goes to a club in town and meets a woman named Claire, who is in similar circumstances to him. Marty and Claire then interact and spend time together and Marty experiences companionship for the first time. As time goes on, Marty’s bachelor friends and his mother are expressing their disapproval of Claire. Marty then gets angry with everyone, and tells them all I like here and I have a good thing going and he does not want it to be messed up. Although the movie ends on a cliffhanger note, the assumption is that Marty and Claire will keep courting and they will hopefully get married.
Adler, Ronald B., Lawrence B. Rosenfeld, and Russell F. Proctor II. Interplay. The Process of Interpersonal Communication. 12th ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2013. Print.
Personal relationships are central to being human. We have relationships of so many kinds and maintain so many roles throughout our daily lives. We are expected to be a successful communicator as coworkers, parents, children, friends, siblings, and intimate partners. Interpersonal communications investigates both nonverbal and verbal message exchange between two people regardless of their relationship. Interpersonal communications is a fairly new profession and field of study but it is one that applies to all. Humans cannot, not communicate; perhaps that is why the amount of research available in this field is increasing to rapidly. Scholars such as Timothy Levine, Rene Dailey, and Megan Dillow are doing countless experiments on hot topics in the communication discipline such as topic avoidance, similarity breeding liking, taboo topics, and uncertainty in intimate realtionships.
Michael Oher’s life story, as displayed in The Blind Side, is one that began as a boy that had been emotionally hurt throughout his entire childhood. Fortunately, Michael met Leigh Anne Tuohy, and she and her family through time gained his trust and built a relationship with him. Michael’s past experiences with other people he loved made him unable to bond with people easily, yet the love that the Tuohy family showed him allowed him to overcome his issues.
There are all different types of communication that people will use through out their life. The most important type of communication is interpersonal communication. Interpersonal communication differs from other forms of communication in that there are few participants involved, the participants are in close proximity to each other, there are many sensory channels used, and feedback is immediate. Interpersonal communication is the information received from listening to what someone else is saying. Interpersonal communication always uses intonation, diction and enunciation to give meaning to information. Intonation, diction and enunciation sometimes give more meaning to what is being said than the actual words themselves. In the following paragraphs, I will explain to the reader the importance of interpersonal communication in business.
Martin Buber 's Scale of Interaction is a concept that interprets communication between two individuals. Buber wrote that there are levels of how people treat one another based on how they converse. When a person speaks with an attitude that the other is considered an object or a thing it is labeled as “I-It”. For example when a person purchases a drink many of the time there isn 't a drive to get to know the person or have a meaningful conversation. If a person speaks to someone with somewhat of an equal relationship, they may not be friends but are acquaintances would be “I-You”. The last one, “I-Thou” is when you and the person are friends and have a strong mutual relationship. On Thursday September 1st, I started my face to face log for my interpersonal communication class.
People communicate to express needs, wishes and preferences, to share ideas and information, to reassure, express emotions like fear, anger, pain, joy and love, getting to know each other, ask questions, share experience’s , gave instructions, share opinion, give encouragement. The nature of communication is very different dependent on the circumstances.
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.
Dialogue is more than talking. It is not the straightforwardness of talking to or at, rather it is communicating with or between. It is "a relation between persons that is characterized in more or less degree by the element of inclusion" (Buber, 97). Inclusiveness is an acknowledgment of the other person, an event experienced between two persons, mutual respect for both views and a willingness to listen to the views of the other. These elements are the heart of dialogical relations. In this paper I will examine Martin Buber’s theory of communication, its relevance to my life and the critiques of the theory.
Floyd, Kory. Interpersonal Communication: The Whole Story. 1st ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009. 140. Print.
Communication is essential to human life. Every aspect of our daily lives is affected by our communication with others. It can be different types such as verbal, nonverbal and written communication. It is indeed a complex process filled with countless elements, all of which play an important role. The process of communication between human beings has been studied and analyzed outwardly since the beginning of time. The term itself cannot be defined in only one particular way because communication exists in a certain context and is dependable on the communicator and the audience. Example of describing communication is as “the transmission of information, ideas, attitudes or emotions from one person or group to another (or others) primarily through symbols” and “social interaction through messages” (McQuail, 1993). Furthermore, Watson and Hill describe the process of communication as “one which begins when a message is thought up by a sender, who then encodes the message before transmitting it through a particular channel to a receiver, who in turn decodes the message with a certain effect as an outcome” (Price, 1998).The complexity of the whole process is seen through the use of verbal and nonverbal communication on a daily basis, as well as the ability to interact with other human beings on multiple levels, mentally and emotionally. We begin communicating the moment we come out of the womb and do not stop communicating until death. This essay will try to compare and contrast two different communication contexts- interpersonal and mass communication, by using relevant communication models.