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Interpersonal Communication - Online Essay

Interpersonal Communication

is defined by Michael Cody as: the exchange
of symbols used to achieve interpersonal goals(28). Does this definition
include everything, or does it only include certain things?. When we are
dealing with the issue of we must realize that
people view it differently. In this paper I will develop my own idea or
definition of what interpersonal communication is. I will then proceed to
identify any important assumptions or issues that become important in the
definition that I choose. Finally, I will provide examples of communicative and
non-communicative events based on my definition.
Interpersonal communication, in my opinion, is the exchange of
information verbal or non-verbal between ...

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no communication at all. Even if the message is perceived wrong
interpersonal communication still exists as long as the feedback is given. For
example: when you talk to someone that is hard of hearing and you ask them to do
something and they hear you say something other than what you said there is
still interpersonal communication, although it is miscommunication. If the
person, however, does not here the speaker at all and does not give any feedback,
then interpersonal communication has not been established according to my
definition.
Another important dimension to my definition is that the information is
exchanged in order to share the information. When the information that is
exchanged is not used to share the information, then interpersonal communication
has not taken place. If you speak in a way in which the person does not feel
receptive to what you are saying then you have not achieved interpersonal
communication. When a boss yells at his employees, or a teacher yells ...

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Added: 11/13/2008 01:19:15 AM
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