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B.A. - Communication. What are the key elements of effective communication? Sketch a picture illustrating what you defined as effective communication. Focus Questions. How does communication influence the development of culture?
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B.A. - Communication What are the key elements of effective communication? Sketch a picture illustrating what you defined as effective communication.
Focus Questions • How does communication influence the development of culture? • How does the concept of culture serve as a social function in society? • What sociological theories apply to the emergence of cultural variance?
The Unwritten Language of the Body Kinesics is the study of nonlinguistic bodily movements, such as gestures and facial expressions, as a systematic mode of communication.
"Reading" People • Expressions • Gestures • Posture • Eye Movement
Forms of Communication • Affect displays reveal context through facial movements. • Artifact or Communication by Artifacttells a story with body decoration, clothing, hair, etc. • Chronemicswaits for time. • Emblems are agreed upon gestures. • Hapticsdemonstrate through touch. • Paralanguagespeaks the voice minus words. • Proxemicsbubbles your space.
“Seinology” • Close Talker http://www.tbs.com/video/index/#/all-video/shows/seinfeld/73154 • Soup Nazi http://www.tbs.com/video/index/#/all-video/shows/seinfeld/soup-clips/ • Elaine Dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xi4O1yi6b0 • George’s Answering Machine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QJnE-uiJvo
Culture: Our social Heritage • Material vs. Non-Material • Cultural Diffusion: Melting Pot vs. Salad Bowl Theories • Sociologists ask: Does a culture invent more than it borrows, or does it borrow more than it invents? • Culture Forms a tapestry of life events Transculturation Acculturation Distance Decay
Culture: The Tapestry of Life Systemic POV