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Why Study Interpersonal Communication (IPC) Personal success Social success Professional success Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Nature of IPC Interdependent individuals Inherently relational Connected Actions of one impacts the other Inherently relational Defines the relationship Varies depending on the relationship Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Nature of IPC (cont.) Exists on a continuum Impersonal Interpersonal Social role information Personal information Social rules Personal rules Social messages Personal messages Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Nature of IPC (cont.) Involves verbal and nonverbal messages Takes place in varied forms Face to face Computer mediated Synchronous – occur simultaneously, in “real time” Asynchronous – do not occur in “real time” Involves choices (choice points) Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Elements of IPC Source – receiver Encoding – decoding Messages Metamessages Feedforward Feedback Channels Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Elements of IPC (cont.) Noise Physical Physiological Psychological Semantic Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Elements of IPC (cont.) Context Ethics Physical Temporal Social-psychological Cultural Ethics Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Principles of IPC IPC is a transactional process IPC is purposeful An ever-changing, circular process Interdependent elements; each element affects the other IPC is purposeful IPC is ambiguous Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Principles of IPC (cont.) IP relationships may be symmetrical or complementary Symmetrical – individuals mirror each other’s behaviors Complementary – individuals engage in different or opposite behaviors Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Principles of IPC (cont.) IPC refers to content and relationship IPC is a series of punctuated events We break down continuous interactions No clear cut beginning or ending What is stimulus and what is response? IPC is inevitable, irreversible, unrepeatable Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved