Personal narrative as a social approach to interpersonal communication

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to determine whether reflexivity in interpersonal communication research is essential for the full understanding of particular events. The personal narratives by two college teachers about the emotions they felt when they decided to abort their baby, served as main data for the study. The subject couple wrote separate reports about the experience and presented them to friends who knew about what they went through for comments. The separate reports, together with the comments, were then incorporated into a report which proved that reflexivity helped the subjects gain a more enlightened perspective of their experience.

Personal narratives, Abortion, Self-knowledge, Theory of, Self knowledge

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A role for communication theory in ethnography and cultural analysis

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The ethnographic cyclical research process involves four phases of theorizing interpersonal communication. These phases are basic orientation, which involves making assumptions, followed by activity theory, or the formulation of a general communication theory, the situated theory or the conception of a theory based on a situated communication experience, and the evaluation and/or evolution of theory, or the testing of the validity of a general theory and its modification. The entire research process requires researchers to engage in prefieldwork, fieldwork and postfieldwork.

Social aspects, Ethnology, Cultural anthropology

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Communication, rapport, and the interview: a social perspective

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Rapport between interviewer and interviewee is vital to the success of an interview type of research. Rapport refers to the harmonious and open quality of interaction that exists between people or groups engaged in face-to-face communication. It enables interviewers to make their subjects loosen up and reveal more reliable and substantial information during the interview. Strategies on how interviewers can establish rapport with interviewees are presented.

Management, Interviewing

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