Explain impersonal communication and provide an example

What will be an ideal response


Impersonal communication occurs when we treat people as objects or respond to their roles rather than to who they are as unique people. When we speak to a food server in terms of him or her being a server and NOT a unique individual, we are engaging in impersonal communication.

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announcement was made. The news of Tom's promotion is an example of __________ communication. A) upward B) downward C) lateral D) grapevine

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When you recognize, understand, and address the interconnection of relationships and communication during the listening process, you are practicing what type of listening?

What will be an ideal response?

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Walther argues that technology not only allows relationships to form, but it allows them to do so more quickly than in face-to-face contexts

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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A negatively skewed curve represents a distribution in which there are very few scores on the right side of the distribution.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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