Overview
Ch 12 Discussion
- Social media platforms provide individuals with increased opportunities to engage in online discussions.
- How does mediated communication benefit interpersonal communication?
- How does it harm interpersonal communication?
- How does your relationship with the person you are communicating with (or the lack of
- such a relationship) impact your mediated communication style?
- How does the anonymity of mediated communication impact communication styles?
- How has mediated communication impacted society as a whole? More specifically, how has social media impacted society?
- How do past mediated interactions influence your future decisions concerning mediated communication? What factors do you consider when posting something on social media?
- What aspects of netiquette do you practice the most when communicating online?
Ch 13 discussion
- This chapter highlighted several types of problematic workplace relationships involving bosses, coworkers, and subordinates. In comparison, what types of bosses, coworkers, and subordinates create welcoming, respectful, collaborative, productive, and ethical work environments?
- What interpersonal qualities are exhibited within a healthy leader-follower relationship and why are such characteristics important?
- What interpersonal qualities are exhibited within positive coworker relationships?
- Why are these kinds of work environments important for both employers and employees?
- How do we go about creating and maintaining them?
Ch 14 discussion
- Relationships take work. They have their ups and downs, strengths and weaknesses. Couples need to have the space to discuss those weaknesses to improve the health of the relationship. How can couples talk about these weaknesses without crossing the line into negative and hurtful communication behaviors?
- Does your relationship provide a safe space in which to have those discussions?
- If not, how do you create such a space within the relationship?
- How do couples discuss what behaviors are permitted within the relationship and which ones are off-limits?
- What happens if one individual within the relationship engages in behavior that is outside of those relationship parameters?
- How would you want your partner to share that information with you?
- What advantages and disadvantages are associated with these types of conversations with your
- partner?
- Where is the line in the sand – the point where such behaviors are so destructive that you feel that
- the relationship needs to end?