Discussion - Week 3

 

    The relationship I will be analyzing is a friendship. Over the past 10 or so months I have become closer with one of my coworkers. According to Knapp's relational model I would say our friendship is either at the bonding or integration stage, if these stages are interpreted can be interpreted in a more platonic sense. We often call each other friends and hang out outside of work, and my friend is going to spend thanksgiving with my family. I think online communication has been a clear marker of when our friendship progresses to the next stage. Although exchanging social media can be something done among people who are merely acquaintance, I usually reserve sharing my social media with coworkers until I consider us to be relatively close. And when we start messaging each other on it to be another stepping stone towards closeness.