https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice Argued as considerably one of the greatest television shows of our time, and has a decent amount of memes streaming the media, the NBC network’s The Office has provided both comic relief and valuable teaching moments for our day-to-day lives. When examining how the roles of communication applies to the show, viewers are exposed to the many relationships among the office and how they affect their time at work. Specifically examining the relationships that take place at Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, viewers are provided the relationship of Jim Halpert and Pam Beesely. Going through many twists and turns over the course of the series, we as communication majors apply the relationship of Jim and Pam to the Developmental Perspective Model. This model takes a relationship that one might have, and breaks it down into “the rise and fall of relationships into ten stages, contained in the two broad phases of “coming together” and “coming apart”” (Adler, 293). Since the series ended with their relationship to only a positive ending, we decided to focus on only the “coming together” part of the model. en-us 2018-04-25 14:11:36 UTC 2025-06-21 12:04:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/285241844/a6282a7fb7614264b78c3c6831104bc2/ap_550x550_16x12_1_transparent_t_u6.png kaybaly99101 https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice/wish/256538577
In the first stages of the most-beloved relationship in the office, Pam and Jim use mainly nonverbal gestures to communicate from their desks. They also use forms of immediacy which refers to the degree of interest and attention that we feel toward and communicate to others. 

A great deal of immediacy comes from nonverbal behavior such as eye contact, facial expressions, tone of voice, and the distance we put between ourselves and others.Gestures such as head nods and  eye contact are used commonly when they bond over messing with Dwight, a co-worker that despises yet has a love-hate relationship with Jim and Pam. ]]> 2018-04-30 14:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice/wish/256538577 mcox321 https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice/wish/256539202 In the experimenting stage we have made contact with a new person, the next stage is to decide whether we are interested in pursuing the relationship further. This involves Uncertainty Reduction - the process of getting to know others by gaining more information about them. Types of Relational Messages have a great variety of content messages. Within the show "The Office" Jim and Pam are stuck in the experimenting stage for quite a while. 

Metacommunication describes the messages that people exchange verbally or nonverbally about their relationship. Metacommunication can include tone of voice, body language, facial expressions, or gestures. Jim and Pam express metacommunication by messing with Dwight during every episode.  ]]> 2018-04-30 14:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice/wish/256539202 lrdorf24 https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice/wish/256540308 In this part of "THE OFFICE" Jim and Pam are dating. They began after Pam admitted that she called off her wedding because she cared about Jim at an office beach day. Soon after Jim split from his relationship and started one with Pam, who he had already confessed his love to. The two started dating and later became an exclusive couple within the office.

The intensifying stage is when a relationship has reached a more point where the couple speaks much more and they begin to express their feelings more frequently. A couple in the intensifying stage also discuss their state of relationship much more often.

During this relationship Emotional Support begins to be apparent. As seen between Jim and Pam, there is sense of empathy when troubles rise. The two truly care about each other. Both people in a relationship involving emotional support respond in caring ways, such as when Pam goes to college and Jim is willing to talk with her on the phone and go visit her in order to support her journey through college.

In the intensifying stage their is always some sort of accommodating. This is a lose-win situation where you give up something in order to fulfill the needs or wants of another person. Jim and Pam both do this when it comes to distance. At one point Jim must accommodate Pam's want to go to college even though he loves her and wants her to stay. The same happens to Pam when Jim leaves the office for a while in order to take another job. both times they give up their wants to accommodate what the other wants.

]]> 2018-04-30 14:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice/wish/256540308 mrednour https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice/wish/256541640 During the Bonding stage, the parties make symbolic public gestures to show the worlds that their relationship exists. Terms such as common-law, cohabitation, and life partners.

Connecting this to the series Jim proposes to Pam at a gas station while she is at art school in New York, making it public they want to be together as life partners after long lasting friendship and get married. 


]]> 2018-04-30 14:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice/wish/256541640 mrednour https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice/wish/257262870 The violate stage is when the couples have intense, heated arguments – sometimes over small issues. They raise their voices, compete to hold the floor, and make their case passionately. Conflicts for these couples are often seen as contests to be one. 
When Jim moves and spends a lot of his days in Philadelphia, after a long and frustrating day for him, he take it out on Pam because she didn't record their daughters dance recital that he decided not to go to because he was spending that day at his new job. ]]> 2018-05-02 14:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice/wish/257262870 mcox321 https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice/wish/257264982 Relational turning points are transformative events that alter the relationship in a fundamental way. Within the show the office Jim and Pam are in the stage of moving from "just friends" to "something more".

Connecting to this during the show Pam is engaged to Roy for the first few seasons, once the engagement is broken off Pam and Jim finally start dating and become exclusive. Which is a relational turning point within the show. This is going from the experimenting stage into the intensifying stage. ]]> 2018-05-02 14:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice/wish/257264982 kaybaly99101 https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice/wish/257495606 In the beginning of the series, season one, we are introduced to the quirky relationship of Jim Halpert and Pam Beesley. Over the course of the series, we are familiarized with their relationship that takes place in the office environment of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. 

Jim and Pam have known each other for about three years since they had started at the office and even consider each other to be their best friends. Using the Developmental Perspective Model Jim and Pam's relationship is broken down from them beginning to know each other(Initiating) to them settling down and having a child (bonding).]]> 2018-05-03 02:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice/wish/257495606 mcox321 https://padlet.com/kaybaly99101/comm211theoffice/wish/258038906 (2017, September 16). Retrieved May 06, 2018, from https://youtu.be/CTBJXCJxg30

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