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affinity seeking: a standalone construct

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Interpersonal communication

the active process by which people try to get others to like them and feel positively toward them, through a typology of strategies.

In interpersonal communication, affinity seeking refers to the active process by which people try to get others to like them and feel positively toward them, through a typology of strategies. This meaning comes from Bell (1984) in Communication Monographs.[1]

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References

Bell, R. A., & Daly, J. A. (1984). The affinity‐seeking function of communication. Communication Monographs, 51(2), 91-115. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637758409390188

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