'Face to face communication' in families: The historical and contemporary perspective

Ljupco Kevereski,Dean Iliev

doi:10.17810/2015.58

Abstract

Lately, in the area of psychology and pedagogy on communication, there is an evident progress in theoretical and empirical studies. However, when we consider the quality of interpersonal communication, the syntagma is very appropriate 'We learned to talk, but not to communicate according to that how much we are present on the civilization scene'. The need for putting on communication under the academic magnifying glass in focus of our interest is primarily motivated from the testimony of one new contemporary reality in which there is an evident rearrangement of micro and macro communication patterns in the world. That means, today, we are witnesses of the replacement of 'old with new', multimedia communication among individuals which are the deleted historical traces of 'face to face communication'. The main goal of this paper is to raise the degree of awareness about the fate of 'face to face communication' with a special emphasis on the family or his family dynamics. The basic theories from which it starts is that 'face to face communication' in the family is reduced, it becomes a kind of 'rarity', and it is going to 'history'. In order to determine the quality, intensity, as well as the implications of interpersonal communication, a family research was realized in Republic of Macedonia on a sample of 869 children from primary school, secondary school and university level. For this purpose, a specially constructed questionnaire was used (PUKOM-20) which sets out several aspects of the 'Face to face communication' in the typical family dynamics. Preliminary results, unfortunately, go in favor of confirmation of the hypothesis which denote disappointing results in terms of the type, intensity, motivation, quality and other communicative aspects. It means a clear signal and alarm that the family is ahead of another new challenge.

Highlights

Communication as a dynamic system of exchange of thoughts, feelings and other kind of messages is unique planetary phenomenon which is awake 24 hours
Human power, privilege and legitimacy which are the result of communicative abilities, obliges him to constantly self‐ justify in the endeavor to build more efficient communication relations with surroundings and with itself. When it comes to word for quality and preservation and nurturing the authentic patterns of communication, maybе the conclusion would be too strict that the successful mastery of the communication alphabet is still an enigma and a difficult comprehensible lesson for the human race, especially in modern conditions of living where digital communication is a basic surviving condition. In this context we ask the question whether the redesign of classic communication patterns are replaced by new ones in which “face to face communication” disappears, where there is an exchange of “old with a new paradigm”
It is increasingly closer to the conclusion that globally offered online programs will dominate the transnational education market, face‐to‐face contact will probably continue as the preferred model of transnational education programs Ziguras & Rizvi (2001)

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Communication as a dynamic system of exchange of thoughts, feelings and other kind of messages is unique planetary phenomenon which is awake 24 hours. Human (over) power, privilege and legitimacy which are the result of communicative abilities, obliges him to constantly self‐ justify in the endeavor to build more efficient communication relations with surroundings and with itself When it comes to word for quality and preservation and nurturing the authentic patterns of communication, maybе the conclusion would be too strict that the successful mastery of the communication alphabet is still an enigma and a difficult (un) comprehensible lesson for the human race, especially in modern conditions of living where digital communication is a basic surviving condition. It is increasingly closer to the conclusion that globally offered online programs will dominate the transnational education market, face‐to‐face contact will probably continue as the preferred model of transnational education programs Ziguras & Rizvi (2001) Despite all these advantages of digital technology it should be remembered that "delivering information," face to face interaction remains the most effective communication. Despite all these advantages of digital technology it should be remembered that "delivering information," face to face interaction remains the most effective communication. (Ziguras & Rizvi, 2001, p. 10) Alternately, Kirkman and Mathieu (2004) confirm that face to face communication may not be so needed in people with a high level of trust among members

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