Weather we communicate via online or face-to-face conflict will arise that 's why we need to understand why online communication seems to ignite and why the opposite sex handles conflict differently. When communication takes place between a woman and a man they both have different styles of working with conflict. They have different ways to handle or to avoid conflict. This guide will give you an understanding of why the opposite sex handles conflict differently and why online communication makes conflict more tough to resolve. There 's ways we can deal with conflict and online communication. So, dealing with the interpersonal communication can be more effective.
There is a gender conflict styles. Here is some …show more content…
It states that, When a man can listen to a woman 's feelings without getting angry and frustrated, he gives her a wonderful gift. He makes it safe for her to express herself. The more she is able to express herself, the more she feels heard and understood, and the more she is able to give a man the loving trust, acceptance, appreciation, admiration, approval, and encouragement that he needs. Learning to listen, per woman, men do not understand that women are different; he can make things worse when he is trying to help. Women talk about problems to get close and not necessary get solutions, men need to remember this. Also in the book, it talks about why women are from Venus; their motto is Love is never having to ask! (page 246). Women assume that men should know what to say but that is very ineffective
There are 3 different problems when we talk about conflict in online communication. One of them is Delay; most of the mediated channels don 't require you to respond immediately like when dealing with someone face-to-face. It can be an effective or risky to your conflict. On the good perspective side of delay, it gives you a chance to cool down and gives you time to think about what you are going to respond. Sometimes the other person might think that you ignored to respond back so it gives a chance to open an aggressive blow up and will make communication much …show more content…
John Suler has written it 's well known that people say and do things in cyberspace that they wouldn 't ordinarily say or do in the face-to-face world. They loosen up, feel more uninhibited, express themselves more openly. (Suler,2002). Which caused by the following features of online communication. First, is anonymity, because most people online you don 't know who they are so therefore you are free to say whatever you feel. Second, invisibility you don 't worry on how you look or sound to others when responding and you don 't worry on how they look like or sound when you are saying something to them. Third, delayed reactions, it can be in the middle of the night, when you 're most tired and upset, you can say anything you think and feel and leave immediately without waiting for a response, and maybe never returning, this can feel to a person like an emotional hit and run. Forth, the perception that the interaction is happening in your head since the visual and auditory cues are missing. So, when online you may say things you would only think in person. Fifth, neutralizing of status, some are intimidated to say something, when interacting in person, because of the person job title, gender, or race and since it 's not visible online you feel free to speak to anyone. Lastly, your personality may be heightened online, so say when you communicate face-to-face you tend to be angry, you most likely would become even more angrier