Hello Communicators!
(Philosophers, scroll down!)
Welcome to our Interpersonal Communication class! It's going to be a great semester.
Did you know that 55% of communication is visual (body language, eye contact)
and 38% is vocal (pitch, speed, volume, tone of voice)?
That means only 7% involves your actual words.
Words are, of course, VERY important....and, sometimes, the words we put together in certain situations can cause others to become very uncomfortable.....
The explosion of new technologies are having a profound influence on interpersonal communication. Some electronically mediated encounters are less satisfying than others.....
In the workplace, your communications skills can take you to the top--or right to the bottom--of the corporate ladder....
In intimate relationships, sometimes the secret is to keep things simple...
There are all sorts of dark forces at work behind communication between men and women; stereotypes, misinformation, and centuries of bad jokes....
Interpersonal communication exists across the zoological spectrum.
And I do mean, the ENTIRE zoological spectrum...
There....have I communicated to you how much we are going to enjoy this class?
NOW IT'S YOUR TURN! Some time prior to our first class, if possible, please respond on this blog to at least two of the questions below. I am interested in your thoughts and reflections--don't worry about a "right answer". This will help us get to know each other and to start COMMUNICATING!
1) What is effective communication?
2) Why do the same words mean different things to different people?
3) Respond, with your own reflections, to this quote by Martin Buber:
Imagine yourself in a situation where you are alone, wholly alone on earth, and you are offered one of the two: books or people. I often hear [speakers] prizing their solitude, but that is only because there are still [people] somewhere on earth, even though in the far distance. I knew nothing of books when I came forth from the womb of my mother, and I shall die without books, with another human hand in my own. I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human being looking at me.
–Martin Buber
4) What are some of the barriers to effective interpersonal communication?
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8 comments:
What is effective communication?
I feel that effective communication is well understood by both parties, and that both are parties are incorparting into the communication clearly so that it is fully understood.
Why do the same words mean different things?
This happens because eveyone is different in the way they think, they way they were raised, and in their morals and communicating and therefore one word can mean so many things depending on who is using it
Why do the same words mean different things?
I believe words have different meanings due to the situation at hand. Many words have different meaning because it's interpretation depends on the way the two parties have viewed them using their morals and the methods of communicating the way they have been taught to communicate. This also depends on how each party views each other and complies with their own differences.
Martin Buber Quote.
I would much rather have people to communicate with than a book. A touch or a look speaks a thousand words. A book can make you feel but only for that moment. Human contact can make feelings last forever. So I would rather be able to have a human think ,feel and interact with me then have a script that I hold between my fingers for a few moments.
1) What is effective communication?
I would say that effective communication is the ability to not only deliver your message that you intend on sending but for the message to be understood by the the person or person you are delivering your message to.
2) What are some of the barriers to effective interpersonal communication?
One barriers of effective interpersonal communication i think would be Listen or receiving of the message either because communication breaks down due to emotions getting in the way of communicating or as mentioned in one of the 4 question, words having different meaning to different people. I think another barrier could be not adjusting your communication style to the appropriate situation for which you are trying to communicate it.
Great to see some comments here! Keep up the good work, class!
What are some of the barriers to effective interpersonal communication?
Some of the barriers are cultures, language, emotions, computers, generational gaps.
Debbie A Perreault
What is effective communication?
Effective communication has a sender and a receiver. the information shared shared should be easily understood and accepted.
Debbie A Perreault
What is effective communication?
Effective communication has a sender and a receiver. The information shared between the two should be well understood and easily communicated.
Debbie Perreault
Why do the same words mean different things? Because there is different people in the world that have a different meaning for the language. It also depends on how the person was raised by his family. Someone who is very religious have a different meaning when he is saying oh my god while other people just say because they though that something crazy just happen. The interpretation of a word can be very different from people to people.
What are the barriers to effectibe communication? I think they are plenty of barrier like language, race, color, culture, background.
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