Question

There are three characteristics of family communication. Family communication is formative, Family communication is role-driven, and Family communication is involuntary give an explanation of each characteristics.

Answer 1

Family communication is formative: The earliest communication in an individual’s lifespan takes place with the members of their family, thereby establishing the foundation for their later years. In this sense, family communication is formative as it influences an individual’s patterns of communication during the later stages of his/her life.

Family communication is role-driven: A family can be conceptualized as a social unit in itself, with each individual member playing a decisive and particular role. In such case, the communication patterns and interactions that take place are bound and influenced in light of the role and position that the individual holds in the family.

Family communication is involuntary: Individuals exert no control over their birth and where they are born. Thus, given their inability to choose their family members, individuals cannot voluntarily make a choice with respect to whom to would like to communicate within their family.