Because I was afraid to initiate face-to-face communication, I used the synchronous channel of text messaging, employing the use of emoticons, which DeVito claims can be “very effectively substitute for the nonverbals that normally occur during face-to-face interaction,” (DeVito, 155). I was scared of having intercultural communication and not being able to understand her views completely. I fully and honestly told her how I felt about her sexuality. Though she responded with silence, not replying to my well thought-out message, I knew she had read it. The next day, and days after, she talked to me normally, as if nothing ever happened.She didn’t judge me for my self-disclosure as I hadn’t judged her for her own about her sexuality. In my eyes, this is progress: she knows how I feel and is also receptive to my opinions, though she may not support
Because I was afraid to initiate face-to-face communication, I used the synchronous channel of text messaging, employing the use of emoticons, which DeVito claims can be “very effectively substitute for the nonverbals that normally occur during face-to-face interaction,” (DeVito, 155). I was scared of having intercultural communication and not being able to understand her views completely. I fully and honestly told her how I felt about her sexuality. Though she responded with silence, not replying to my well thought-out message, I knew she had read it. The next day, and days after, she talked to me normally, as if nothing ever happened.She didn’t judge me for my self-disclosure as I hadn’t judged her for her own about her sexuality. In my eyes, this is progress: she knows how I feel and is also receptive to my opinions, though she may not support