[2.2] Communicating Person-to-Person

• dyadic speech communication


  Communication occurring between two people who engage in face-to-face interaction for purposes of facilitation, fulfillment, or for the exchange of ideas and formation.
• characteristic of interpersonal relationship

  The speaker and listener roles alternate between two persons in a mutual exchange of messages.
• characteristics of interpersonal relationship

  The purpose of dyadic interaction may range from casually purposive to highly purposive.
• Characteristics of Interpersonal Relationship

  The interaction may be:

  • Coincidental, unplanned, and, unstructured; or
  • Pre-scheduled and pre-structured
• Characteristics of Interpersonal Relationship

  Dyadic communication is usually less formal compared to other communication contexts.
• Characteristics of Interpersonal Relationship

  The degree of psychological intimacy or closeness is expected to be greater in dyadic relationships than in public communication.
• Characteristics of Interpersonal Relationship

  Because it is a close, face-to-face interaction (physical proximity), communicators can watch/observe verbal and non-verbal responses.
• stages of dyadic communications

  • exploration stage
  • interaction stage
  • termination stage
• exploration stage


  When initial rapport or “breaking the ice” is established.
• interaction stage


  The substantial part where the topic is explored by the participants and where the dynamism of the dyad is shown.
• termination stage


  Where the exchange or communication is completed and ended.
• suggested the principles of dyadic communication

  Monroe & Ehninger (1974)
• categorized interviews according to the purpose/objective of the interviewer and/or interviewee

  DeVito (1991)
• informational


  To elicit information, insights, opinions, beliefs, and views from the interviewee.
• persuasive


  To change the interviewee’s attitude or behavior.
• counseling


  The counselor listens objectively and poses helping questions to a person seeking guidance.
• job/employment


  Give-and-take interview where the interview.
• problem-solving


  Two parties identify the causes of a problem and try to arrive at a solution.
• mediated


  Two parties identify the causes of a problem and try to arrive at a solution.
• kinds of interview

  • informational
  • persuasive
  • counselling
  • job/employment
  • problem-solving
  • mediated
• types of dyadic communication

  • conversation
  • dialogue
  • interview
• conversation


  A friendly, informal exchange between two persons that has no formal purpose, and is less serious and less intimate than other dyadic encounters.
• dialogue


  A type of dyad in which the deepest, most intimate, and most personal relationships are formed.
• interview


  The most purposive, planned, and structured among all dyadic communications.