"Interpersonal communication is an exchange of information between two or more people."
This topic focuses on communication between individuals or small groups. It covers communication skills such as active listening, questioning, and feedback.
Verbal Communication: The use of spoken or written words to express ideas, thoughts, and feelings between two or more people.
Nonverbal Communication: Communication through gestures, facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice, which occurs without the use of words.
Active listening: The process of fully concentrating on, understanding, and retaining a message being communicated by another person.
Effective feedback: The process of providing information to another individual or group with the intent of improving performance or behavior.
Rapport building: The process of developing a connection, understanding, and mutual respect between two or more people.
Conflict Resolution: The process of peacefully resolving differences and disagreements between individuals or groups.
Assertiveness: The ability to express one's needs, desires, and opinions in a confident and respectful manner, without intimidating or offending others.
Emotional Intelligence: The ability to recognize and regulate one's emotions, as well as understanding and empathizing with others' emotions.
Cultural Awareness: The understanding and acceptance of cultural differences, which can greatly impact communication styles and approaches.
Power Dynamics: The relationships between individuals or groups, which can influence communication and decision-making processes.
"Research addresses how humans adjust and adapt their verbal communication and nonverbal communication during face-to-face communication."
"Interpersonal communication research addresses at least six categories of inquiry..."
"Research addresses how uncertainty influences behavior and information-management strategies."
"Research addresses deceptive communication."
"Research addresses relational dialectics."
"Research addresses social interactions that are mediated by technology."
"Interpersonal communication is often defined as communication that takes place between people who are interdependent and have some knowledge of each other."
"Although interpersonal communication is most often between pairs of individuals, it can also be extended to include small intimate groups such as the family."
"Interpersonal communication can take place in face-to-face settings, as well as through platforms such as social media."
"The study of interpersonal communication addresses a variety of elements and uses both quantitative/social scientific methods and qualitative methods."
"There is growing interest in biological and physiological perspectives on interpersonal communication."
"Some of the concepts explored are personality, knowledge structures and social interaction, language, nonverbal signals, emotional experience and expression, supportive communication, social networks and the life of relationships, influence, conflict, computer-mediated communication, interpersonal skills, interpersonal communication in the workplace, intercultural perspectives on interpersonal communication, escalation and de-escalation of romantic or platonic relationships, interpersonal communication and healthcare, family relationships, and communication across the life span."
"It is an area of research that seeks to understand how humans use verbal and nonverbal cues to accomplish a number of personal and relational goals."
"Communication that takes place between people who are interdependent and have some knowledge of each other..."
"Research addresses social interactions that are mediated by technology."
"Research addresses interpersonal communication in the workplace, intercultural perspectives on interpersonal communication, interpersonal communication and healthcare..."
"Research addresses family relationships."
"Research addresses communication across the life span."
"Researchers in interpersonal communication come from many different research paradigms and theoretical traditions, adding to the complexity of the field."