Does anyone here know how to write a Interpersonal Communication Dyad?

I hate it!!! Hate it,HATE IT,HATE IT!!!!!!!:banghead:

Please:shrug: :cry: :banghead: :hide:

Wikipedia has this to say....


"Dyadic communication is simply a method of communication that only involves two people such as a telephone conversation or even a set of letters sent to and received from a penpal. In this communication process, sender can immediately receive and evaluate feedback from the receiver. So that, it allows for more specific tailoring of the message and more personal communication than do many of the other media."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_communication


I think that if you are supposed to write a dyad, then you can either write down a transcription of an actual conversation/exchange between you and one other person, or you can create your own script of an imagined conversation.

Shouldn't be too hard....

But apparently I can't with the first grade being a "D"!
We are to write it using the John Powell Levels of communication as the way we analyze it.

1) Write a communication dyad - interpersonal communication between two people.
2) Analyze the dyad according to Powell's levels of communication.

Sounds easy enough. A good way to find a dyad to analyze would be by recording a television program - any scripted show would work (sitcom, soap opera, drama, doesn't matter). Movies would work too. Got any DVDs at home?

1) Record (video, dvd, tivo, whatever) a section of the show you choose. If you're using a movie that's already on DVD, you don't need to spend the time recording a TV show. I think it would be fun to pick a scene from a classic movie, like the Wizard of Oz, or the Sound of Music.
2) Write down the transcript of the dialogue in the scene you've chosen.
3) Analyze the levels of the dialogue according to Powell's levels.

You can do it. You absolutely can.

The first grade of the semester is an opportunity to learn. Look at what you did, look at what you need to do to improve, learn how to do it, and do it. I got a D on a first paper too, but I finished the course with an A. I advise you to meet with the instructor to review your mistakes so that you don't repeat them.

You can write this dyad.

http://www.accd.edu/sac/j-p/COMM%20handouts/5-levels.html
http://www.nvcc.edu/home/npeck/Handouts/communicationlevels.htm

I have to be one of the people in the discussion. I did all the 3 meeting thing and I wrote it up, I still didn't get it. The bad part is no way to take notes. We are to do this without the person we are talking to having any knowledge of what we are doing.

I don't know what you mean by "all the 3 meeting thing".

So, you have to part of the dyad. That's still okay, it just means you'll have to recall the conversation and rewrite it in a way that's as faithful to the actual as you can.

Don't roadblock yourself by repeating "I can't do it." Pick up your pen or keyboard and get to it.

Sort of chance meeting thing. And then see how far up the the levels I can go!

It sounds like a lot on the surface, but it really isn't. Don't be afraid of this assignment. You can do it, and you can improve your grade. It may feel uncomfortable, but don't let that stop you.

It's not a contest to see how quickly you can move from level 1 to level 4. It's an assignment to see if you can accurately describe the levels of interaction between two people who may or may not know each other very well.

You can do it.

It is just hard to keep focused with just coffee in the system and little sleep. Ya know them BLUES!

I am in the middle of rewrite #3 on Dyad #1 And rewrite #2 on dyad #2 and still haven't finished dyad #3!:argh:

I suppose if you need to explain it then I don't have any experience writing them.