Summary Analysis of Relational Communication.docx COM 100 Analysis of Relational Communication: Ryan Clarke Department of Communications, Grand Canyon University COM 100: Fundamentals of Communication Have you ever met someone that you have just clicked in

Analysis of Relational C COM 100 Analysis of Relational Communication: Ryan Clarke Department of Communications, Grand Canyon University COM 100: Fundamentals of Communication Have you ever met someone that you have just clicked instantly with? Well, I did this summer, and he has quickly become a friend I can count on. His name is Ryan Clarke; we are both from small towns and have similar life experiences ”leading to a temporary bonding pe- riod. Although I do not know him that well, we have progressed through Mark Knapp's Stage Development Model to the maintaining section (Knapp's Relationship Model); applying the Re- lational Dialectics Theory, we have very few contradictions. In the initiation portion, he was playing music, and I noticed he liked an obscure country band. I complimented the music selection, and he could not believe I knew the band. We intro- duced ourselves, and I found out he was from