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Sharing Personal Information
Self-DisclosurePrivacyFeelings
Self-Disclosure
• Defined- divulging biographical data, personal ideas, and feelings.
Balance
• Important to have correct balance in relationship of self-disclosure and privacy.
• What is the correct balance?
Social Penetration Theory
• “Onion Peel” Theory
Johari Window
Gender and Cultural Differences
• Culture- Appropriateness of Self-Disclosure varies from culture to culture, making intercultural communication even more challenging.
• Gender- Women disclose more and are disclosed to more than men. Men engage in report-talk and women engage in rapport-talk.
Guidelines for Appropriate Self-Disclosure
• Pages 235-236• 1. Self-Disclose the kind of information
you want others to disclose to you.
Guidelines
• 2. Self-Disclose more intimate information only when you believe the disclosure represents acceptable risk.
Guidelines
• 3. Continue intimate self-disclosure only if it is reciprocated.
Guidelines
• 4. Move Self-Disclosure to deeper levels gradually.
Final Guideline
• 5. Reserve the most personal and sensitive self-disclosure for ongoing, intimate relationships.
Sharing Feelings
• Describing feelings- naming emotions you are feeling without judging them.
• Displaying Feelings- expressing feelings through facial reactions, body responses, or paralinguistic reactions.
• Masking Feelings- concealing verbal or nonverbal cues that would enable others to understand the emotions that a person is actually feeling.
Managing Privacy
• Change the subject
• Tell a “white lie”
Next Class
• Bring your popcorn and candy!• Movie Time with a paper assignment to
take home after.