Interpersonal Communication as define before is the communication between 2 people (dyad).

The communication style between the 2 people would differ to the type of interpersonal relationship they have. This is so as they have different levels of intimacy and sharing, implying the discovery or establishment of common ground, and may be centered around something(s) shared in common.

• Friendship: emphasize the concept of friendship as a freely chosen association (communication will be more open, friendly)
  
• Acquaintance (less open and friendly compared to when talking with friends)
  
• Family: communication patterns establish roles, identities and enable the growth of individuals.(can be more or less open depending ones relationship with the family)
• Professional Relationship (Co-worker, Boss) (talk with a level of respect, standard and more organized)
  
• Romantic defined in terms of the concepts of passion, intimacy and commitment.(conversations are more intimate, comfortable depending on the couple's communication level)
  

Even with the different style of communication, meta communication (communication about communication) is important. Despite the fact, we rarely do it in any level of interpersonal relationship.

Moving on. During a human com lecture, this statement appeared on the powerpoint slide:

Interpersonal Communication on The Internet.
- less face-to-face contact reported. (well this is undoubtedly true, i cant argue with this statement.)
- Internet enhances communication quantity and quality. ( You've got to be kidding me! Dont you think when talking face-to-face you can get more across, typing takes time. And message you send across can definitely be misinterpreted and its easy to be misunderstood and vice versa) ( I know this by experience, its wouldn't be so bad if you knew the person in real life, but if you have never met the person, it would be really hard to tell the person's intention and character, and how he/she would approach a topic).

I was out of ideas to post. So while asking around on what to post about. Jeremy said a few things followed by blah, blah, blah (his version of people talking nonsense). So me being crazy, i googled it and i found this funny page which has this written:

Posted by David FG on May 08, 2005

In Reply to: Re: Talk nonsense posted by Bruce Kahl on May 08, 2005

: : : Can you give me a list of idioms that means to talk nonsense?

: : A bunch of crap
: : A load of cobblers
: : A load of codswallop
: : A load of crap
: : A load of rubbish
: : A pack of lies
: : All my eye and Betty Martin
: : Garbage in, garbage out
: : Give me a break
: : Horse feathers
: : It's all Greek to me
: : More money than sense
: : Mumbo jumbo
: : Oh, that way madness lies
: : Sheer madness
: : Stuff and nonsense
: : Talk through your hat
: : There's method in my madness
: : This is very midsummer madness
: : What a crock of shit

Haha! I just found it funny(at that moment) and pretty interesting. Now brush up on your idioms for your English essay or something. :P To related it to human com, a few lectures back we were talking about language, and how English is one weird language which can be very confusing at times.

Reference:

1) Terence A, Doyle, 2005, Types of Interpersonal Relationship, online, retrieved 22 September 2008, from http://novaonline.nv.cc.va.us/eli/spd110td/interper/relations/relations.html

2) David FG, 2005, The Phrase Finder, online, retrieved 22 September 2008, from http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/41/messages/547.html

~Ash~