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A 4 page paper discussing the normative, didactic, social network and circumstantial categories of Woods’ approach to relational communication. These categories are not static, but allow for individuals to move between them as relationships change. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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issue of effective interpersonal communication has been a point of interest for several decades, but in recent years it has gained a great deal of attention as researchers and theorists
- and much of the general population - seek to define and categorize types of communication that occur between individuals. John Grays Men Are from Mars, Women Are from
Venus brought the issue of gender-based communication differences to the popular press, but the issue was of interest in academic circles long before the general population came to be aware
of it. There are several theories of interpersonal communication, among them George Levinger and Joseph DeVito. The purpose here is to discuss
Julia Woods (1995) framework of interpersonal relational communication. Types of Communication There are, of course, different communication approaches for different situations. An
individual addresses business colleagues much differently than s/he addresses a parent or spouse, and generally discusses issues in each group that do not transcend to topics broached with members of
the other group. This is only one pairing; there are many other categories of individuals and the positions they occupy in our lives. Such divisions exist for each
category. Julia Woods (1995) theory of relational communication provides four primary categories of communication types. These divisions are normative, didactic, social network
and circumstantial. Normative Normative communication is that which relates to, supports or defines determination of norms or standards. It contains paradox in
that it both defines norms and preserves those which already exist. As example, sisters engage in communication styles much different than do business colleagues who have no social contact
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