Chapter 8: Relationships
Strong ties involve emotional closeness and frequent contact; weak ties are more casual but still valuable.
What is the difference between strong and weak ties in relationships?
How it's handled determines whether this strengthens or weakens a relationship
What is conflict?
Learning your native culture vs. Learning another culture
What is the difference between enculturation and acculturation?
The cumulative reduction in the length and quality of sleep.
What is Chronic Sleep Deprivation (CSD)?
Rules that encourage you to treat others how you want to be treated or to treat others how they want to be treated
What are the Golden and Platinum Rules, respectively?
Explicit and implicit rules such as honesty, loyalty, and communication expectations
What guides relationships, according to Rules Theory?
Conflict expressed indirectly through sarcasm, avoidance, or passive-aggression
What is covert conflict?
Relies on nonverbal cues vs. Direct speech
What is the difference between a high-context culture and a low-context culture?
The practice of pretending to be someone you're not when you're online.
What is Catfishing?
RRIFT: Respect, Responsibility, Integrity, Fairness, and Truthfulness
What are the five ethical ideals?
Social Exchange Theory
What theory compares relationships to a balance of rewards and costs?
Avoiding - preserves peace short-term; Collaborating - ideal for long-term solutions.
What are conflict management styles?
The ability to adapt communication appropriately across cultures
What is intercultural competence?
Feelings of anxiousness or distress after sending a message electronically
What is post-cyber-disclosure panic?
The set of beliefs, values, and principles that guide communication behaviors within a relationship
What are Interpersonal Communication Ethics?
Social Penetration Theory
Which theory says that relationships deepen as people share more personal information?
Abdicratic, democratic, and autocratic
What are three orientations toward power?
Generosity and kindness towards others in Thai Culture
What is the concept of Nam Jai?
Cause to express oneself more candidly and less guardedly via asynchronous communication than how one would otherwise communicate in person
What is disinhibition effect?
What is Moral Absolutism?
Connection vs. Separation (closeness vs. independence); Openness vs. Privacy (sharing vs. boundaries)
What are examples of Dialectical Tensions?
Using I-statements
What communication strategy reduces defensiveness by focusing on feelings rather than blame?
Active listening, using inclusive language, and showing curiosity and respect
What are ways to promote inclusion in diverse communication settings?
According to this, technology isn't just something you use; it beomces a part of you, reshaping and reorganizing your IPC values, perceptions, and behaviors.
What is media ecology perspective (MEP)?
The subjective view of ethics which considers the particular circumstances surrounding an action to determine whether it is ethical
What is Moral Relativism?