Components of Interpersonal Communication

Comp 1nts of inter personal Communication1. RationaleCommunication refers to the surgical procedure of exchanging verbal as well as non verbal hearts. It is a continuous process, whose pre-requisite is a marrow. The message must be conveyed via some medium to the recipient. It is in any case all-important(prenominal) that the message be understood by the recipient in the way the s intercepter in disco biscuitded, within the time frame. Therefore conversation is two way process which is incomplete without a feed back. The 12 barbarian men lawsuit presents an excellent slip from which to consider the variant judgments in social parley.12 Angry Men is about cardinal complete strangers who have been in concert to serve as jury hu globenesss. The venire has the arduous task of determining whether an 18 year old accused of massacreing his own father is disgraced or non. After the court mode proceeding ends, the pass judgment gives instruction to the dozen jurists. H e reminds them of the point that they have listened to the testimony and heard the law memorize and interpreted to them as it applies to the case, and that it is their duty to try and separate position from non events. The judge says that if they find a reason commensurate doubt in their minds regarding the guilt of the accused, then they must table to him a non guilty verdict. If, on the some another(prenominal) excrete, there is no reasonable doubt, they must find the accused guilty. The alone condition is that their verdict must as a matter of fact be unanimous. The accused would be sentenced to death incase he is form guilty.As jurors commence their deliberations, the vote is initially 11 to 1, in party favor of a guilty verdict. The single not guilty vote be foresighteds to juror 8, Henry Fonda. Even though some be hostile and irate with Fonda, he insists that they give more time discussing what they have seen and heard during the courtroom proceedings. The chara cters in the 12 angry men movie that fuel high hat be used to analyze and to support the analysis of the communication concept in the situation includes Jury none 3, 8 and 10 lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley and Henry Fonda respectively.2. AnalysisInterpersonal communication is inherently relative and exists on a continuum. It also involves both verbal non verbal messages which can lead to development of social race. Thus the process of comprehend is an important aspect in verbal communication. It entails receiving, understanding, remembering, evaluating and responding to transmitted stimulus. However as in the case of 12 angry men there are perceive barriers that hinder social communication of the verbal type.The major dynamics of the interpersonal encounter in the 12 angry exist due to the fact that interpersonal communication does occur. The context in this situation includes a jurys room where 12 members with different orientations have come together to deliberate the dowery of an accused 18 year old of murder. The sender, for instance jury No. 8, chooses the massage to communicate to the context. When he asks the others to defend their reason for casting a guilty vote, he is essentially trying to communicate the importance of existence objective in the case. We find that Jury No. lead and ten voted according to personal sentiments as opposed to examination of available severalize as well as the courtroom proceeding.Communication lines in interpersonal communication that relay messages take two distinct forms taper and indirect channel. reign over channels are not only manifest but also directly recognized by the receiver/decoder. Direct channels relay verbal and non verbal information and are on the whole controlled by the sender. Verbal channels relay spoken communication, both written and speak while non verbal channels relay body gestures, facial expression, impermanent silence and eye contact. These are clearly used by three jurists in the case.Channel credibility refers to the trustworthiness and expertness of a channel as perceived by the receivers. It is directly linked to communicator and the au ceasence. Channel feedback is the chance a channels provides for the recipient to respond immediately and thus mask the source of the message. In 12 angry men, the feedback is facilitated by the formula to face communication. It is possible to deliberate over the issues efficiently and effectively.There are various ascertains on channel credibility. As far as interpersonal communication is concerned, information bias occurs because others responses convey information concerning the nature of the social conniption and how the majority are in effect responding to the setting. On the other overhaul normative influence occurs when members tailor actions and attitudes to match the norms of the stems condition. The members of the majority in the twelve Angry Men for example, did more than thinking. This can be seen in th e words of Jury 3 (Lee J. Cobb) when he asserted that This group has dissolved the defendant is guilty and anyone who hopes differently is going against the norm of this group (Forsyth, 2009, p199).Normative influence causes members to think, feel and act in ways consistent with the norms of the group. At an interpersonal level, people are compelled to act according to the norms because a variety of contradict consequences might result from non conformity .Given its emotional impact normative influence usually has tremendous influence on communication outcome. Western societies for instance, aim to value non conformity as well as independence. However in most circumstances dissent is not rewarded. Most of the times it is met with interpersonal influence which are social responses that encourage or force group to conform. Fonda appeal to the emotion and in tellect of the other jurors when he says Its not effortless to raise my hand and send a male child off to die without tal king about it firstWere talking about somebodys disembodied spirit here. We cant decide in five minutes. Supposing were wrong? (Dirk, n.d, 2.).Cobbs attitude towards the defendants is influences by painful memories that characterized his relationship with his son. He had a fist fight with his son prior to the case and have not set eyes on for to each one one other ever since. As a result he is angry not only at his son but also other children and small people in general. He collectively refers to them as rotten pull the leg ofs and mechanically assumes that the defendant child is lying. Jurior No.10, Ed Begley, deep personal prejudices affected his initial decision. His hostility toward anyone who does not share his ethnic and social back solid ground leads him to believe that the defendant is lying, as he does not have the ability to tell the truth. You whap how this people lie he says it is born in them (Dirk, n.d 1.). juryman eight and others eventually convince Cobbs and Begley to cast a not guilty vote despite the fact that the verdict could be wrong. At the end of the movie the truth is still not known, what is known is only the fact that the jury voted. If the defendant is indeed innocent, then justice has been achieved. On the other hand if the defendant is in deed guilty then the jury lets a murderer go free. This is the reason why juror 8 does not coiffe to juror six, Edward Bins, question early in the film, supposing you talk us out of this and the kid did knife his father(Dirk, n.d 3). He does not answer because there exists no definite answer. The truth is often difficult to know and near the end of the movie, juror 8 reminds the others that he really does not know what the truth is and does not think that there exist a possibility that anyone discovering the truth. However the nine of them feel that the defendant is innocent, which is also belike wrong. He underscores the importance of reasonable doubt in American judicial system, as be ing the basis for letting the defendant go free.Interpersonal communication entails the use of both verbal and non verbal communication. The jurist engages in direct conversation both written and word of mouth. Verbal communication calls for nimble listening characterized by receiving, evaluating and understanding of the senders information. Fond is an active listener. In the explanation of the jurors voting, Juror number twelve suggest that other juror should try and convince Cobbs of the defendant guilt that he is wrong and we are make up. (Dirk, n.d 4).Each of the jurors has a minute or two to think and respond to Fonds governting green sense questions. Fond in turn responds with well though authoritative arguments.Cobbs first asserts that his voting was objective and thus is devoid of personal feeling. He asserts that he only wants to discuss the facts of the case including how at 12.10pm the old man heard loud noise of a fight with the kid yelling out to his father Im go ing to kill ya (Dirk, n.d). A second later(prenominal) the man heard a loud noise of the body as it hit the floor and as he ran to the door, he witnessed the boy running play out of the house (Fonda appeal to the emotion and intellect of the other jurors when he says Its not easy to raise my hand and send a boy off to die without talking about it firstWere talking about somebodys life here. We cant decide in five minutes. Supposing were wrong? (Dirk, n.d 12.).Active listening is an important concept in verbal communication. After listening to Cobbs confidence of his facts, Fonda hopes to explain them during later deliberation about the evidence presented in court. In his endeavor to communicate his stand on the lameness of the old man assertion, Fonda requests a diagram of the apartment to investigate in examining the claim. He is able to show that the old man could not have run the long distance from his bedroom and down the stares. It was impossible for an old man who dragged o ne foot as a result of a stroke he had suffered, to run or walk such a distance in just 15 seconds.From this deliberation Juror 5 (Jack Kluggam) feels that he has ground to change his opinion and therefore in the ensuing vote, his is a not guilty vote. Begley is angry and exasperated Boy, how do ya like that? All right who was it? Come on I want to know.(Dirk, n.d). On the other hand Cobbs excuses Kluggam of being convinced by Fonda emotional appeal and bleeding talk and says that he get convinced as a result of Fondas ability to tear his heart down by his talk about the kid as an underprivileged who could not help but turn to murder (Dirk, n.d).DiscussionThe recommendations for the jury in this situation could employ for effective communication are avoiding subjective influences such as stereotypes and prejudices. For instance Begley would need to best his racist thoughts and sentiments that prevent him from completely interpreting the information presented. Stereotyping should b e put at bay and emotions held in check.Active listening skills are also essential for effective interpersonal communication. Communication ought to be clear and comminuted and jurors ought to treat each other with respect. Members of the jury ought to participate in active listening, which entails receiving, understanding and expressing understanding and asking questions where need arises.Jury would have benefited from knowing each other during the formation stage. They jury in 12 angry men spend several days together but do not make any introductions apart from few jurors who share their occupation. Martin Balsm as the foreman ought to have commenced with introducing the group before administering the votes. Being unaware of each other names made it more difficult for the jurors to associate with each other and to appreciate their input into the discussion.Finally the leader is the ultimate person to ensure that recommendations are executed. Juror number one, who is the foreman may not the best individual as a leader.