Samantha Cruz
October 3, 2014
Blog two
                In the last couple weeks in class; we’ve talked about many topics from interacting online. The ones that seem more interesting to me would be hype vs. hysteria and interpersonal communication.  In class, amber talked about the good and bad about hype and hysteria.  Hype is good because you can interact with friends and family online and even make some friends. It’s also good because you can do basically everything online without having to ask anyone. On the other side hysteria is not so good because eventually us interacting online is going to make our face to face communication weak. By that I mean sooner or later, we won’t even know how to communicate with each other face to face; like making proper eye contact or even forgetting how to say some words.  It’s also bad because not everything on the internet is true and there’s many predators out there watching every move you make. Honestly, the internet is good and bad just like every other technology that was ever invented.  I also want to get into relationships online before I move on to interpersonal communication.
                Relationships online to me are not the same like a face to face relationship. I mean I understand maybe they can be similar because the feelings are still there but physically they’re not. Relationships online are tougher, you don’t know if that person is actually the person they say they are because you can’t see them.  Communication would be more difficult because you’re always communicating online so you won’t even notice if they’re having a shitty day unless they tell you so. Relationships FTF however are much more prone to be successful because you can actually see that person and have them physically there. I’m not saying having a relationship online is bad but I mean, have you ever watched Catfish the TV show?
                Interpersonal communication is an exchange of information between two or more people. It needs control, inclusion, and affection.  Men are almost always trying to be in control in a conversation while women tend to be more affectionate about it. A successful way to have an interpersonal conversation is that each party understands one another and expresses how they feel about any situation. It goes hand and hand with relationships, having great communication skills between you and your partner means you guys would last longer.  You want to make sure that you understand your feelings and instead of using you language, you can use I language to make sure you’re not offending your partner. These skills are very important to have in order to have a successful relationship not only with your partner but for other people like your boss.  Also, if you want to express emotions it’s better to communicate with others than to keep it all. If you’re always keeping your emotions to yourself eventually you’ll get over it but the other people you’re mad at wont, there anger would just keep boiling up. It’s always best to have great communication skills because that way you’ll know how to interact with others the right way.