1. Nonverbal
COMM 100- DAY 7

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

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

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

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

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

7. Channels of Nonverbal Communication
Space (proxemics)

8. 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)

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

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

11. 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

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

13. 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