According to our web lecture, authentic dialogue or dialogue as real meeting, where "a genuine communion can take place between people that transcends differnces in role or perspective and that recognizes all parties' common humanity".
I see authentic dialogue as the opposite of phatic communication. As previously stated in my blog, phatic communication is engaging in small talk with a person you barely know. It's talking about general topics in order to seem interested in "talking" with the person.
Authentic dialogue is actually wanting to speak to a person about their interests and showing concern, compassion, and interest in what the other person is saying.
I see authentic dialogue occur within close personal relationships with friends, family members, and significant others. For example, the conversations that take place with my parents and boyfriend are authentic dialogue as oppose to the conversations I have with clients I meet at work--phatic communication.
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I really like your examples of authentic and phatic communication. I think phatic communication is kinda funny because both parties usually know they are engaging in phatic communication and sometimes really don't care about the conversation and are just trying to be polite.
I agree that authentic dialogue does mostly occur with personal relationships. There have been times that I have met a person and been genuinely interested in what they are saying and I may not know he/she very well. Like you I use phatic communication in the workplace. I often had to interact with clients or managers from other offices and in order to get the conversation going I would use a little phatic communication.
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