COM 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nonverbal Communication, Paralanguage
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Myths of nonverbal communication: reading people like a book- nonverbal communication is not a language, therefore you can"t read people as if they are a book. Self-help books that promote this are lying to you: (insert %) of meaning development takes place through nonverbal communication. You can not put a percentage on this, everyone is different, no two people"s communication styles are similar: nonverbal cues are culturally universal. No, some nonverbal cues are recognizable like laughter but not universal: deception can be detected through nonverbal communication. (micro expressions) Characteristics and nature of nonverbal communication: symbolic- abstract representations of something else. Not like a sign: encoding and decoding- you are more likely to convey how you feel nonverbally is encoding. Decoding is by others: nonverbal is both static and dynamic. Some nonverbal communication will not change while some will. Innate- like shivering when cold, or smiling when happy.
