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It’s what you say… and what you don’t. Verbal and Nonverbal Messages in Communication. Nonverbal Messages in Communication. Why look at nonverbal messages? Up to 93% of emotional meaning is taken from nonverbal messages What is nonverbal communication?
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It’s what you say…and what you don’t Verbal and Nonverbal Messages in Communication
Nonverbal Messages in Communication • Why look at nonverbal messages? • Up to 93% of emotional meaning is taken from nonverbal messages • What is nonverbal communication? • All the behaviors and elements of people, other than words, that convey meaning
Some Examples . . . • Winking • Smiling • Shrugging • Turning away • Handwriting • Prolonged eye contact • handshake • High five • Nudge • Waving • Leaning forward • Tapping toe • Finger to lips • Sitting at the head of table
Characteristics of Nonverbal Communication • Nonverbal messages are not easily controlled • When nonverbal and verbal messages conflict, nonverbals are usually more accurate • Nonverbal is more effective than verbal communication for expressing messages in a less confrontational manner
Appearance is Nonverbal Communication • Types of clothing • Skin color • Height • Weight • Attractiveness • Artifacts – makeup, glasses, jewelry, tattoos, piercings
Kinesics (Body Movement) is Nonverbal Communication • Emblems – directly translate into words/phrases (OK sign) • Illustrators – accompany and illustrate a verbal message (size of fish you caught) • Affect displays – emotional meaning (fear, happiness, anger, etc.) • Regulators – monitor, maintain, or control the speaking of another (hand gesture to slow down) • Adaptors – satisfy some need (scratching your head) • Distractors – no function (nervous habits)
Facial Expressions • Eye contact and movements • Avoidance • Pupil dilation – more dilated, more interested • Eye contact is often the most telling of all nonverbal communication. We have an extremely difficult time controlling the unconscious movements of our eyes.
Physical Environment is Nonverbal Communication • Many organizations pay a lot of attention to the physical environment where communication takes place • Room color • Room arrangement • Temperature
Paralanguage is Nonverbal Communication • How something is said; anything that affects the content of what is said • Stress • Pitch • Rate • Volume • Rhythm • Fillers • Pauses • Distractors – yawning, laughing, moaning, etc.
Proxemics • Study of Space • Edwin T. Hall’s Zones of Space • Intimate Distance – 0 to 18 inches • Personal Distance – 18 inches to 4 feet • Social – 4 to 12 feet • Public – 12 to 25 feet
Social Intimate Personal Public Proxemics (cont.)
Other Nonverbal Communication • Haptics – the study of touch • Olfactics – the study of smell • Territoriality – personal space and territory • Temporal Communication • Cultural time • technical – actual time • formal – made for convenience (day, week, semester) • Informal – soon, forever, later, sometime • Psychological time • Importance you place on the past, present and future
In Conclusion . . . Learn to control nonverbal communication or it will control you!