Interpersonal Communication

Dinda Amanda Zuliestiana

The Nature of IPC

1. Interdependent individuals
Connected
Actions of one impacts the other

2. Inherently relational
Defines the relationship
Varies depending on the relationship

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Why Study Interpersonal

Communication (IPC)
Personal success
Social success
Professional success

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The Nature of IPC

1. Interdependent individuals
Connected
Actions of one impacts the other

2. Inherently relational
Defines the relationship
Varies depending on the relationship

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The Nature of IPC (cont.)

3. Exists on a continuum
Impersonal

Interpersonal

Social role information

Social rules
Social messages

Personal information
Personal rules
Personal messages

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The Nature of IPC (cont.)

4. Involves verbal and nonverbal messages
5. Takes place in varied forms
Face to face
Computer mediated
Synchronous occur simultaneously, in real
time
Asynchronous do not occur in real time

6. Involves choices (choice points)

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Elements of IPC
1. Source receiver
2. Encoding decoding
3. Messages
Metamessages
Feedforward
Feedback

4. Channels

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Elements of IPC (cont.)

5. Noise

Physical
Physiological
Psychological
Semantic

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Elements of IPC (cont.)

6. Context

Physical
Temporal
Social-psychological
Cultural

7. Ethics

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Principles of IPC
1. IPC is a transactional process
An ever-changing, circular process
Interdependent elements; each element affects
the other

2. IPC is purposeful
3. IPC is ambiguous

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Principles of IPC (cont.)

4. IP relationships may be symmetrical or
complementary
Symmetrical individuals mirror each others
behaviors
Complementary individuals engage in different
or opposite behaviors

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Principles of IPC (cont.)

5. IPC refers to content and relationship
6. 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?

7. IPC is inevitable, irreversible, unrepeatable

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Bisnis
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Business

Telkom
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