What are the characteristics of interpersonal communication?

First, the function of interpersonal communication. Interpersonal communication is a communicative activity between people, and its function has different influences on individuals and society.

1, personally speaking.

(1) Realize self-cognition;

(2) establish a harmonious relationship;

(3) Understand and control the environment;

(4) exchange life experience and realize information communication;

(5) meet emotional needs.

2. From a social point of view.

(1) Inheriting social and cultural heritage. To develop human culture, we need to accumulate, inherit and increase from generation to generation, realize cooperation and common development, and inherit social culture;

(2) Promote the development of national construction. The development of interpersonal communication is conducive to enhancing citizens' enthusiasm and ability to participate in social affairs and promoting top-down and bottom-up political reform.

Second, the characteristics of interpersonal communication.

1, two-way communication and timely feedback. In interpersonal communication, the transmission and reception of information are both one-to-one, and the roles of disseminator and receiver are constantly changing, which requires each participant to have his own enthusiasm, not to regard the other party as an object, but to understand and analyze his motivation, purpose and demand in the process of transmitting information, and make adjustments in time to grasp the communication effect.

2. Diversification of information receiving channels. Interpersonal communication not only uses linguistic symbols as communication means, but also uses paralinguistic symbols as communication means. Therefore, interpersonal communication adopts dual means of communication, and the channels for recipients to receive information are diverse and flexible.

3. Strong situational communication skills. Interpersonal communication always takes place in a certain social environment, at a certain time and place, under a certain material and time background.

4. Non-institutionalized and spontaneous. The non-institutionalized communication mentioned here mainly refers to the characteristics of spontaneity, autonomy and non-compulsion in the establishment of communication relations, and interpersonal communication is mainly an activity based on voluntariness and agreement.

5. High-frequency interaction. No matter how people conduct interpersonal activities, the results will have a great impact on both parties involved, which means a strong interaction from a sociological point of view.

6. Affected by social and psychological barriers. In the process of interpersonal communication, we may encounter social and psychological obstacles caused by different historical and cultural backgrounds, differences in political attitudes, differences in personality, psychological characteristics of participants or some special psychological relations between the two sides. Therefore, in the process of interpersonal communication, we must fully consider some differences between participants, and fully understand and take care of these differences, so as to spread on the basis of mutual friendship.

7. New features of interpersonal communication in the network, mobile terminals and the times.

(1) Changes in information sources: diversification and decentralization;

(2) Change of participants: identification and symbol;

(3) Timeout and non-selectivity of communication;

(4) Diversification of information content: dissemination and change of public issues and commercial information;

(5) Diversified communication platforms and humanized communication symbols.