Chapter 6 Non-Verbal Messages

Written by: yiying

Chapter 6 is about Non-Verbal Messages (Using body gestures, slangs, facial expression, sound, etc to describe your messages or information to the receiver). Example of  non-verbal messages: 

Functions of nonverbal communication:

-Integrating Nonverbal and Verbal Messages

-Forming and Managing Impressions

-Defining Relationships

-Structuring Conversation

-Influencing and Deceiving

-Expressing Emotions

In this chapter, we hv learned the functions non-verbal communication serves & how non-verbal communication interacts with verbal messages. So that we can communicate with non-verbal messages more effectively.

Channels of nonverbal communication:

(1)BODY Messages

(2)Facial Communication

(3)Eye Communication

(4)Spatial Messages

(5)Artifactual communication

(6)Smell Communication

(7)Touch Communication (Haptics)

(8)Paralanguage

(9)Silence

(10)Time Communication (Chronemics)

Culture and nonverbal communication:

Different cultures perceive non-verbal cues, especially hand gestures, differently from one another. 

-Culture and Gestures

-Culture and Facial Expression

-Culture and Colors

-Culture and Eye Communication

-Culture and Touch

-Culture and Paralanguage & Silence

After we know about the culture of nonverbal communication, we will communicate with an awareness of cultural and gender influences and differences in nonverbal communication.

When the two person communicate with other,

the will use verbal message and non-verbal message..

now,

Do you know what are the non-verbal message that he

want to show it..?

haha~ Actually, we also don't know..

Just for fun..

Bye Bye~