A smile from your significant other sends a different message to you than a smile from a stranger. A secret your best friend tells you means something different than a disclosure from a stranger on a plane. The principle that explains these interactions is that relationships ______.
A. emerge through on-going interactions
B. contextualize messages
C. are asymmetrical or symmetrical
D. have a task and social orientation
B. contextualize messages
Communication & Mass Media
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Which of the following participant characteristics influences how a communication interaction unfolds?
a. participant culture b. participant history c. participant relationship d. all of the above
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