Interpersonal Communication Research Paper
8/28/2014
Karl Buckley
Course: Interpersonal Communications 120 / 4378 - 11:00- 12:15 T, ThPaper: Essay 1a
Prompt: Face to Face and Mediated relationships
Page count: 5
The benefit to having a face-to-face relationship / conversation is all the signs a person can pick up on without the sender knowing they are being sent. The senders most of the time do not know that they are even sending the messages, which can sometimes be good or bad, depending on the situation a person is in.
Examples of nervous behavior would be fidgeting, rubbing of hands together, looking away, shaking a leg, even stuttering, or staying silent while nervous perhaps, which could or could not be bad. If talking with a person that one likes and that person acts …show more content…
One can text quickly in the morning to say “Have a good day,” or forward e-mails to others on assignments they may be working on to get their input. One may send quick Snap Chat pictures of their everyday events and things they may find amusing or post to Facebook certain events, if even to just get a reaction from another person.
This is sometimes challenging due to the fact that without the surrounding reinforcing situations, they might not see the humor in something, or it might not be taken in context. What someone may find amusing at the moment tends to be lost in translation via social media. At times, comments may not be found to be funny given one’s state of mind at any given moment.
For example, if some are having a bad day, and they receive a text as simple as,” How long until you are going to be here?” It might be taken “Hurry up I am tired of waiting for you!” When in reality, that person is just planning ahead or maybe has something quick to do and would like to get it done prior to one’s arrival. Therefore, the response might be “I will be there when I’m there!” Then that will prompt another reply that is negative and so on. This is supported by the quote, “Just as there is a personal element in many impersonal settings, there is also an impersonal element in our relationships with the people we care most about. There are occasions when we don’t want to be
Karl Buckley
Course: Interpersonal Communications 120 / 4378 - 11:00- 12:15 T, ThPaper: Essay 1a
Prompt: Face to Face and Mediated relationships
Page count: 5
The benefit to having a face-to-face relationship / conversation is all the signs a person can pick up on without the sender knowing they are being sent. The senders most of the time do not know that they are even sending the messages, which can sometimes be good or bad, depending on the situation a person is in.
Examples of nervous behavior would be fidgeting, rubbing of hands together, looking away, shaking a leg, even stuttering, or staying silent while nervous perhaps, which could or could not be bad. If talking with a person that one likes and that person acts …show more content…
One can text quickly in the morning to say “Have a good day,” or forward e-mails to others on assignments they may be working on to get their input. One may send quick Snap Chat pictures of their everyday events and things they may find amusing or post to Facebook certain events, if even to just get a reaction from another person.
This is sometimes challenging due to the fact that without the surrounding reinforcing situations, they might not see the humor in something, or it might not be taken in context. What someone may find amusing at the moment tends to be lost in translation via social media. At times, comments may not be found to be funny given one’s state of mind at any given moment.
For example, if some are having a bad day, and they receive a text as simple as,” How long until you are going to be here?” It might be taken “Hurry up I am tired of waiting for you!” When in reality, that person is just planning ahead or maybe has something quick to do and would like to get it done prior to one’s arrival. Therefore, the response might be “I will be there when I’m there!” Then that will prompt another reply that is negative and so on. This is supported by the quote, “Just as there is a personal element in many impersonal settings, there is also an impersonal element in our relationships with the people we care most about. There are occasions when we don’t want to be