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RELATION MAINTENANCE
Social information theory
This type of concept is also referred to as SIP. It’s an interpersonal communication dealing with work, family and media studies theories which were developed by Joseph Walther. This theory explains interpersonal communication with no non verbal cues and how people improve and retain relation in a computer oriented environment. The concept argues that online interpersonal relation may demonstrate similar relational dimensions and qualities as face to face relationships. Online association may facilitate interaction that would not have taken place face to face due to barriers such as geographical and intergroup anxiety. Computer mediated communication might be fine for task-related purposes such as information processing, news dissemination, and long-distance conferencing. But as a place to bond with others, cyberspace seemed to be a relational wasteland stark and barren. Scholars who studied new electronic media had already offered a variety of theories to explain the inherent differences between CMC and face-to-face communication. I’ll mention three.
Dealing with work
The theory of social information process boosts relationship among different co-workers. At working place workers can share their experience through online communication.
Dealing with family
When dealing with a family we can talk of Social presence theory, this suggests that text-based messages deprive CMC users of the sense that other warm bodies are jointly involved in the interaction. To the extent that we no longer feel that anyone is there, our communication becomes more impersonal, individualistic, and task-oriented. Also, the theory of social information mediated says that there is a link between exposure to violence and children problems hence concluding that, the concept develops social relationship.
Dealing with media
This theory purports that CMC bandwidth is too narrow to convey rich relational messages. It claims that CMC users have no clue as to their relative status, and norms for interaction aren’t clear, so people tend to become more self-absorbed and less inhibited. The result is increased flaming hostile language that zings its target and creates a toxic climate for relational growth on the Internet.
Relational Dialetic
Under this theory, people need both privacy and intimacy in their social relationships; they experience a tension between disclosure and withdrawal. This theory explains that communication series arise between two parties when they want to maintain relationships. It bases on tensions and struggles in relationship, whereby the tensions could be couples and society and within rational partners (Leslie, 2006).
Dealing with work
In this case I will relational dialectic concept by giving an example. Suppose Joe and Mariana are in affair and Mariana is working at Joe’s company, the two lovers believes that for betterment of the relationship, they have to stay together. Though they also understand the need to have their person and space since they have a career to look after. Therefore, this of having own space and closeness is dialectic.
Dealing with family
The concept of rational dialectic applies when couples want to stay together to maintain their relationship but there some unavoidable circumstances that can’t allow them to stay together.
Dealing with media
This concept is very crucial in media relationship since the communication enables coups to solve their conflict and continue with their relationship. Therefore, the relational dialectic is depicted when two coups solve their issues via media.
Communication privacy management theory
This is a systematic research theory designed to develop an evidence-based understanding of the way people make decisions about revealing and concealing private information. The theory suggests that individuals maintain and coordinate privacy with various communication partners depending on the perceived benefits and costs of information disclosure. It was first developed by Sandra Petronio in 1991.
Petronio uses a metaphor of boundary to explain the privacy management process. He says that Privacy boundaries draw divisions between private information and public information. This theory argues that when people disclose secrete information, they rely on a rule-based management system to control the level of accessibility. An individual's privacy boundary governs his or her self-disclosures. Once a disclosure is made, the negotiation of privacy rules between the two parties is required. A distressing sense of "boundary turbulence" can arise when clashing expectations for privacy management are identified. Having the mental image of protective boundaries is central to understanding the core principles of Petronio's CPM:
(1) People believe they own and have a right to control their private information.
(2) People control their private information through the use of personal privacy rules.
(3) When others are told or given access to a person's private information, they become co-owners of that information.
(4) Co-owners of private information need to negotiate mutually agreeable privacy rules about telling others.
(5) When co-owners of private information don't effectively negotiate and follow mutually held privacy rules,
Dealing with family
Originally this theory was known as communication boundary management with sources in the intellectual tradition of social penetration theory, early research focused on studies that dealt with privacy issues in romantic relationships boundary management and disclosure between marital couples and managing privacy when children disclose information about sexual abuse.
Dealing with work
This theory is very crucial at working place. Giving an example of health care system, this theory is mostly employed to keep the privacy of patients. Any information concerning job place is confidential and should not be disclosed. Information should not be disclosed any no reason.
Dealing with media
This theory is very important for instance someone don’t want to disclose their information while communicating over the media. This helps people to draw a difference public and private information.
References
Leslie A. Baxter. (2006). “Relational Dialectics Theory: Multivocal Dialogues of Family Communication,” in Engaging Theories in Family Communication: Multiple Perspectives, Dawn O. Braithwaite and Leslie A. Baxter (eds.), Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA,, pp. 130–145.
Joseph B. Walther, 1992 “Interpersonal Effects in Computer-Mediated Interaction: A Relational Perspective,” Communication Research, Vol. 19, pp. 52–90.
Sandra Petronio.(1991).“Communication Boundary Management: A Theoretical Model of Managing Disclosure of Private Information Between Married Couples,” Communication Theory, Vol. 1, 1991, pp. 311–335.
