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    Interpersonal communication is a distinctive form of human communication that occurs between two people, either face-to-face or through mediated forms. It is needed to maintain personal relationships and involves mutual influence between participants. Early humans who developed interpersonal communication skills were more likely to survive and pass on these traits. Today, people with stronger interpersonal skills experience greater well-being and more satisfying relationships. While communication can range from impersonal to interpersonal, treating others as unique individuals rather than objects leads to more honest and meaningful interpersonal exchange.

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    Interpersonal communication is a distinctive form of human communication that occurs between two people, either face-to-face or through mediated forms. It is needed to maintain personal relationships and involves mutual influence between participants. Early humans who developed interpersonal communication skills were more likely to survive and pass on these traits. Today, people with stronger interpersonal skills experience greater well-being and more satisfying relationships. While communication can range from impersonal to interpersonal, treating others as unique individuals rather than objects leads to more honest and meaningful interpersonal exchange.

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    Interpersonal Communication Part I

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    Shazia Husain
    Interpersonal communication is a distinctive form of human communication that occurs between two people, either face-to-face or through mediated forms. It is needed to maintain personal relationships and involves mutual influence between participants. Early humans who developed interpersonal communication skills were more likely to survive and pass on these traits. Today, people with stronger interpersonal skills experience greater well-being and more satisfying relationships. While communication can range from impersonal to interpersonal, treating others as unique individuals rather than objects leads to more honest and meaningful interpersonal exchange.

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    INTERPERSONAL

    COMMUNICATION
    Prepared by:
    Dr. Shazia Husain
    CONCEPT
    • It is an interactional process between two people, either face-to-face or
    through mediated forms.
    • A dialogue or conversation that is personal, direct and intimate.
    • It is needed for the maintenance and development of personal relationships
    as well as social systems.
    • It differs from other forms of communication in that there are few
    participants involved, the interactions are in close proximity to each other
    and feedback is immediate.
    • Interpersonal communication is a distinctive, transactional form of human
    communication involving mutual influence, usually for the purpose of
    managing relationships.
    Why Study Interpersonal Communication?
    • Interpersonal communication has many implications for us
    in the real world.
    • Early humans who lived in groups, rather than alone, were
    more likely to survive, which meant that those with the
    capability to develop interpersonal bonds were more likely
    to pass these traits on to the next generation.
    • People with higher levels of interpersonal communication
    skills are better able to adapt to stress, have greater
    satisfaction in relationships and more friends, and have less
    depression and anxiety.
    • Prolonged isolation has been shown to severely damage a
    human.
    Impersonal Communication
    • Think of all human communication, whether
    mediated or face-to-face, as ranging on a
    continuum from impersonal to interpersonal
    communication.
    • Impersonal communication occurs when you
    treat others as objects or respond to their roles
    rather than to who they are as unique persons.
    • When you ask a server in a restaurant for a glass
    of water, you are interacting with the role, not
    necessarily with the individual. You’re having an
    impersonal conversation rather than an
    interpersonal one.
    The continuum between interpersonal
    communication and impersonal communication

    Interpersonal communication Impersonal communication


    • People are treated as unique • People are treated as objects.
    individuals. • There is mechanical, stilted
    • Each person is treated as special, interaction, rather than honest
    and there is true dialogue and sharing of feelings.
    honest sharing of self and others. • It involves communicating with
    • It often involves communicating people such as sales clerks and
    with someone you care about, servers – you have no history with
    such as a good friend or cherished them, and you expect no future
    family member. with them.
    ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INTERPERSONAL
    COMMUNICATION
    Source ●
    The source of a message is the originator of the ideas and feelings expressed

    Message ●
    The content of communication

    Channels ●
    The media through which messages travel

    Receiver ●
    The receiver of the message is the person or persons who interpret the message

    Noise ●
    It is anything that interferes with the message being interpreted as it was intended

    Feedback ●
    It is response to the message

    Context ●
    It is the physical and psychological environment for communication
    THANK YOU

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