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[MUSIC PLAYING][Communication Age: Connecting and Engaging][Communication in the 21 Century]
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DR. SHAWN WAHL: Hello, my name is Dr. Shawn Wahl.I'm one of the co-authors of "Communication Age: Connectingand Engaging."In this chapter, you're reading about a varietyof communication contexts.One communication context that's really importantis interpersonal communication.See what happens in the situation that follows relatedto listening and the overall interaction that takes placewithin the scenario.
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WOMAN: Hey, babe, I need to talk to youabout something really quick.
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MAN: Hi.OK, yeah, hold on.Just give me a sec.
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WOMAN: OK.Hey, do you know how long you're going to take?
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MAN: No, no, I-- yeah, hold on.I-- I'm almost done.Just--
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WOMAN: OK, OK.
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MAN: I'm talking to this guy really quick.[LAUGHS]
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WOMAN: Hey, I really need to talk to you.It's important.Please.
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MAN: Yeah, yeah, I-- hold on.I'll just-- I'm almost done.Just let me-- let me finish talking to him.
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WOMAN: OK, OK, that's fine.Just hurry.[LAUGHS]
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MAN: Oh my god, this is so funny.
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WOMAN: Hey, I really need to talk to you.
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MAN: What?Yeah, I-- look, what?
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WOMAN: Please.
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MAN: What?I'm not doing anything.I'm just talk--
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WOMAN: You're-- you're on the-- you're not even payingattention to me--
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MAN: Yes I am.
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WOMAN: I have been here for a while.I need to talk to you.
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MAN: I-- I can hear you.What?What do you want?
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WOMAN: Look, I wanted to see-- please take off your ear--please.
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MAN: Oh my gosh, what?
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WOMAN: Look, I wanted to see if you wanted to go to the moviestonight.
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MAN: OK, yeah.That's fine.
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WOMAN: Yeah, but see, also, I was talking to Ben and Melissa,and they were wondering if we could go outto eat with them afterwards, 'cause they-- oh my gosh,you're not evening listening to me.
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MAN: What?Yes, I am.
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WOMAN: No you're not!
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MAN: I'm not even doing anything.
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WOMAN: You know what?I'm done with this.I can't take this anymore.
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MAN: What?
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WOMAN: See you later.[MUSIC PLAYING][What Went Wrong?]
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Communication in action inter-personal communication 1
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Abstract
Professor Shawn T. Wahl presents a tutorial on interpersonal communications, introducing a scenario in which a man and woman have an argument that is clearly caused by poor communication and inattention.

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