Interactive communication (IC), i.e., the reciprocal exchange of information between two or more interactive partners, is a fundamental part of human nature. As such, it has been studied across multiple scientific disciplines with different goals and methods. This article provides a cross-disciplinary primer on contemporary IC that integrates psychological mechanisms with acoustic and media-technological constraints across theory, measurement, and applications. First, we outline theoretical frameworks that account for verbal, nonverbal and multimodal aspects of IC, including distinctions between face-to-face and computer-mediated communication. Second, we summarize key methodological approaches, including behavioral, cognitive, and experiential measures of communicative synchrony and acoustic signal quality. Third, we discuss selected applications, i.e. assistive listening technologies, conversational agents, alongside ethical considerations. Taken together, this review highlights how human capacities and technical systems jointly shape IC, consolidating concepts, findings, and challenges that have often been discussed in separate lines of research.

翻译：交互式通信（Interactive Communication，IC），即两个或更多交互伙伴之间相互交换信息的过程，是人类本性的基本组成部分。因此，多个科学领域以不同的目标和方法对其进行了研究。本文提供了一个跨学科的当代IC导论，整合了心理学机制与声学及媒体技术约束，涵盖理论、测量与应用三个方面。首先，我们概述了涵盖IC言语、非言语及多模态方面的理论框架，包括面对面交流与计算机中介交流之间的区别。其次，我们总结了关键方法论途径，包括行为、认知及体验层面的通信同步性与声学信号质量测量方法。第三，我们讨论了选定的应用领域，即辅助听力技术、对话代理以及相关的伦理考量。总之，本综述强调了人类能力与技术系统如何共同塑造IC，整合了常在不同研究脉络中分别讨论的概念、发现与挑战。