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Interpersonal Communication

1. Think of a topic on a current event (domestic, local or global) How will communication about it change as communicators move from interpersonal to group, organizational, public, and mass communications contexts? Discuss changes in both the content and form of communication. Do you think there will be changes in the reason the topic is discussed? Discuss the functions of communication at each level.

2. Think about a close personal relationship you have now. How did your communication change as you got to know your partner/friend/ sibling/ relative? Are there any times when you move back to the interpersonal level? Do you believe relationships shift between being impersonal and interpersonal, or do you believe that once a relationship is interpersonal, it stays that way until it dissolves? Provide examples.

3. Respond to this statement: "In each relationship we become greater and lesser than we were prior to the relationship." Think of a relationship that is or was important to you. In what ways have you been changed by that relationship? How have you been made greater and lesser? How would you have been different had you not had that relationship?

4. Think about how computers and technology are changing the ways we communicate. What have you observed about the special properties of online interpersonal communication? What challenges does it impose? How do text messages supplement face-to-face interaction? When do you text, when do you call, when do you talk in person? Why?

5. Think about the ways interpersonal bonds change self-awareness and self -esteem List three people you have encountered recently. Did they make you aware of any aspects of yourself or your surroundings? What kinds of self-evaluations did you make on meeting them?