This refers to a two-way, competitive form of conversation.
What is a debate?
This is immediate mediated communication between sender and receiver.
What is synchronous communication?
This perspective argues that we're drawn to people similar to us.
What is the similarity thesis?
This is defined by being voluntary, personal, equality-minded, mutual, and affective.
What is a friendship?
This refers to the aims and behaviors that demonstrate an individual’s level of competence expected by a professional within a given profession.
What is professionalism?
According to this concept, we have an open self, blind self, hidden self, and unknown self.
What is the Johari Window?
This refers to the set of professional and social rules and norms that are considered acceptable and polite when interaction with another person(s) used mediated technology.
What is netiquette?
This is the first stage of Knapp and Vangelisti's model of relationships.
What is initating?
This type of friendship is about making a deep connection with a friend or group of friends regardless of changing circumstances in their lives, marked by deep commitment and longevity.
What is a discerning friendship?
This model includes delegating, supporting, coaching, and directing.
What is situational leadership?
This type of listening is about determining the acceptability or validity of the message(s) someone is sending.
What is critical listening?
This is a type of online identity that is a fashion or brand that somewhat resembles the person.
This theory argues that our relationships can be defined by contradiction, as we find ourselves facing two different desires that contradict each other.
What is relational dialectics?
This type of friendship is healthy but no longer enjoyable.
What is a waning friendship?
This is a form of aggressive behavior in which a person of greater power attempts to inflict harm or discomfort on individuals.
What is bullying?
This is the first stage of the model of listening.
What is hearing?
This theory argues that that people choose various media because they get something out of that media, or it makes them happy in some way.
What is uses and gratifications theory?
Conflict management, sharing tasks, and networking are examples of this concept.
What is relational maintenance?
This theory argues that families are made up of factors including interdependence, patterns/regularities, and interactive complexity.
What is family systems theory?
Directness, public presentation, and separation are examples of this phenomenon in communication.
What is a secret test?
This theory argues that people gradually become more intimate based on their communication behaviors, moving from non-intimate to intimate layers.
What is social penetration theory?
This refers to how we present ourselves to others using our online persona.
What is impression formation?
In dating, we often use this to define how we approach relationships.
What is a script?
This is a family communication pattern that is generally "hands-off" and typically involves limited communication.
What is lassiez-faire?
This theory argues that leaders have limited resources and can only take on high-quality relationships with a small number of followers.
What is leader-member exchange theory?