The Language of Friendship: an Analytical Essay
Brenna Calderara
COM 100
Communication Analysis Paper
19 March 2012
The Language of Friendship: an Analytical Essay
No matter who you are or where you live, if you were to spin a globe and point to any arbitrary place, land or sea, you are guaranteed to have something in common with who/what may be native to that area. Whether one uses gestures to create nonverbal messages or can verbally express their ideas, they are contributing to the worldwide epidemic of communication. Communication is one of the most important factors of relationship building. Without two people being able to convey feelings and emotions to one another, the connection cannot prosper. Thankfully, communicating with my best friend Sarah has always seemed like second nature.
Sarah and I have been best friends for almost 5 years now. We met through a mutual friend during my freshman year of high school. When things got rough and I thought I was going to crumble under the pressure of tests, SATs, applying to colleges and keeping my GPA up, she was there to balance out my stress with many laughs. Still to this day she is the first person I run to for advice and guidance.
When I first met Sarah, I was a little shy because we appeared to be from two totally different worlds. I judged her based off of the group of people she hung out with. I figured she must be just like them and if that were the case, we’d never get along. “Perceptions of others strongly influence how we respond to and communicate about them” (Alberts, Martin & Nakayama, 2011, p.27). This refers to the procedure of selection, organization, and interpretation of the information you collect through your senses. Selection can be affected by the features of a person you encountered. Since Sarah, like her other friends, was wearing basketball shorts and a t-shirt, I assumed they were going to have more in common than they actually did. Luckily, I was wrong and she turned out to be an awesome person with a great
COM 100
Communication Analysis Paper
19 March 2012
The Language of Friendship: an Analytical Essay
No matter who you are or where you live, if you were to spin a globe and point to any arbitrary place, land or sea, you are guaranteed to have something in common with who/what may be native to that area. Whether one uses gestures to create nonverbal messages or can verbally express their ideas, they are contributing to the worldwide epidemic of communication. Communication is one of the most important factors of relationship building. Without two people being able to convey feelings and emotions to one another, the connection cannot prosper. Thankfully, communicating with my best friend Sarah has always seemed like second nature.
Sarah and I have been best friends for almost 5 years now. We met through a mutual friend during my freshman year of high school. When things got rough and I thought I was going to crumble under the pressure of tests, SATs, applying to colleges and keeping my GPA up, she was there to balance out my stress with many laughs. Still to this day she is the first person I run to for advice and guidance.
When I first met Sarah, I was a little shy because we appeared to be from two totally different worlds. I judged her based off of the group of people she hung out with. I figured she must be just like them and if that were the case, we’d never get along. “Perceptions of others strongly influence how we respond to and communicate about them” (Alberts, Martin & Nakayama, 2011, p.27). This refers to the procedure of selection, organization, and interpretation of the information you collect through your senses. Selection can be affected by the features of a person you encountered. Since Sarah, like her other friends, was wearing basketball shorts and a t-shirt, I assumed they were going to have more in common than they actually did. Luckily, I was wrong and she turned out to be an awesome person with a great
References: Alberts, J. K., Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Communication Fundamentals. Boston, Massachusetts: Allyn & Bacon.