In the book it states that Interpersonal Communication has "attentive concern for the relationship between persons". I think it's interesting that the book also says that when the conversation no longer nourishes the relationship that the type of communication moves on to another form of communication. I had never thought about this before it was mentioned in the book and I think this is a unique way to look at communication between two people in any sort of relation. Every relationship is different and requires a different kind of interaction and order within the relationship.
So far I think this is one of the best explained chapters in the book. Interpersonal responsibility was explained the best I think. I really liked the comparison to coming to college to define distance. Distance changes relationships and tests our communication skills and also filters out communication that is no longer important or needed to us. When I came to college I was skyping friends all over the country and gradually I lost contact with them because I just did not have time or energy to put all of my effort into this type of interaction. Now I will call or text them maybe once every other month. Whereas with my family, I contact them multiple times a week via different mediums since I moved away.
I was the same way when I came to school. I still consider a few of my friends back home my best friends but I talk to them maybe once a month. The distance makes it difficult to keep up with everyone else. We come to school and meet new people and devote our time to them and our friends are doing the same at other schools. It is hard to get a hold of my friends because they are on their own. I do agree with the book that distance changes our relationship but I kind of disagree with the idea that once a conversation no longer nourishes the relationship, that type of communication moves on to another form of communication. My ways of communicating with friends and family back home have changed drastically since coming to school, but that doesn't change my relationship with them.
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