Nonverbal COMM 100- DAY 7

The Nature of Nonverbal Messages Nonverbal messages interact with verbal messages by: Accenting Complementing Contradicting Controlling Repeating substituting

The Nature of Nonverbal Messages We use nonverbal messages As “tie-signs” To signal turn taking To influence To deceive To communicate emotion

Channels of Nonverbal Communication Body Gestures Emblems Illustrators Affect displays Regulators Adaptors Self adaptors Other adaptors Object adaptors

Channels of Nonverbal Communication Physical appearance Display Costume Gesture (elocution) Facial communication (kinesics) Facial management Facial feedback Culture

Channels of Nonverbal Communication Eye communication (oculesics) Eye avoidance—civil inattention Gender differences

Channels of Nonverbal Communication Space (proxemics)

Channels of Nonverbal Communication Proxemics (space) Territoriality Primary territory (home) Secondary territory (desk, seat, table) Public territory (restaurants, movie theaters) Markers Central (items you place in a territory to reserve it) Boundary (divide between other; grocery line bar) Earmarks (trademarks, initials)

Channels of Nonverbal Communication Artifacts—things made with human hands Color Clothing, body adornment Space decoration Olfactory communication

Channels of Nonverbal Communication Haptics (touch communication) Touch has meaning Touch avoidance Touch is cultural

Channels of Nonverbal Communication Paralanguage Vocal, nonverbal dimension of speech—volume, rhythm, pitch, etc. Emphasis Silence Silencing Exterior silence Interior silence Spiral of silence Silence and anxiety

Channels of Nonverbal Communication Time communication (chronemics Time orientation Monochonic time Polychronic time Linear time Configural time

Nonverbal Skills Decoding Encoding Be tentative Be slow to judge Be aware of different channels Know that you may be incorrect Read communication in cultural context Consider multiple factors that influence nonverbal comm. Be aware of choice Verbal/nonverbal consistency Monitor nonverbal Avoid monotony Consider the situation Avoid certain adaptors in public Don’t overdo it Watch touch