COM 21200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Intrapersonal Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Organizational Communication

• School: Purdue University
• Department: Communication
• Course: COM 21200
• Professor: Ashleigh Shields

Document Summary

What is interpersonal communication: dyadic communication in which two individuals, sharing the roles of sender and receiver, become connected through the mutual activity of creating meanings. Interpersonal communication: small group communication, organizational communication, face-to-face public speaking, mediated public (or mass) communication. Interpersonal communication: dyadic, usually spontaneous and informal, roles are flexible and partners are both senders and receivers simultaneously, communication between 2 people, usually face to face, participants receive maximum feedback from each other. Small group communication three or more people (usually between 5 and 7) who can interact freely. Face-to-face public speaking: a single speaker addresses a large group of individuals simultaneously, speaker communicates to hypothetical receiver, mutual interaction is impossible, clear organization, careful planning, and fairly formal, noncoversational style are characteristics of this type. Channels of in ipc: face-to-face, one-to-one conversation, face to face group discussion, live video conference, telephone, email, fax, personal letter.