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Chapter 8: Interpersonal Communication. COM 4480: Communication Theory March 26, 2007. Interpersonal Communication. CMM “is better understood as a worldview and open-ended set of concepts and model.” Barge and Pearce, 2004. Interpersonal Communication. Coordinated Management of Meaning
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Chapter 8: Interpersonal Communication COM 4480: Communication Theory March 26, 2007
Interpersonal Communication • CMM “is better understood as a worldview and open-ended set of concepts and model.” Barge and Pearce, 2004
Interpersonal Communication • Coordinated Management of Meaning • Pearce et al. • One main point: • Persons-in-conversation co-construct their own social realities.
Interpersonal Communication • Coordinated Management of Meaning • Three processes of CMM 1. Coherence • CMM relies heavily on rules. • Constitutive rules
Interpersonal Communication • Coordinated Management of Meaning 2. Coordination • The move from _______________________, or “stories lived.” • The way our actions mesh together to produce the patterns that make up our social world. • Regulative rules
Interpersonal Communication • Coordinated Management of Meaning 3. Mystery • “Stories unexpressed” • Ex. Magnetism; when we “click.”
Interpersonal Communication • Coordinated Management of Meaning • Strengths
Interpersonal Communication • Coordinated Management of Meaning • Weaknesses