Demonstrative Communication
Demonstrative Communication Paper
Philip Strasser-King, Anthony St. John, Lauren Batinich, Julie Ngo
BCOM 275
09/05/12
Dr. Sylvester Fadal
Demonstrative Communication Paper
Communication is defined as the process of sending and receiving messages. Communication is only effective when the messages that you are sending is understood, but effective communication involves more than just understanding the message. Effective communication involves what the communicators were thinking, feeling, wanting, or his or her intention. To ensure that effective communication one should follow the communication process model that entails the sender, receiver, encoding, decoding, the message, channel and feedback (Cheseboro, O’Connor, Rios, 2010). There are times that communication can’t be put in words and we have to use demonstrative communication. Demonstrative communication is the nonverbal and unwritten way that we communicate with one another. Demonstrative communication involves such things as your facial expressions, body language, tone of voice or any other way that we communicate nonverbally (Fadal, syllabus, p.2). In our paper we will examine the ways of demonstrative communication. We will provide examples showing how demonstrative communication can be effective and ineffective. Our paper will show the positive and negative effects of demonstrative communication and how it involves listening and responding as well.
When many think of examples of demonstrative communication the first to come to mind is facial expression. The initial tell indicative of how someone is reacting to the information that is being expressed to them is their facial expression. A good example of this would be the players of a game of poker. Though the information itself is non-verbal, the hand of cards each individual is dealt, it is a message all the same. A good poker player is very aware of facial expression, his own and that of the other players. An individual may
Philip Strasser-King, Anthony St. John, Lauren Batinich, Julie Ngo
BCOM 275
09/05/12
Dr. Sylvester Fadal
Demonstrative Communication Paper
Communication is defined as the process of sending and receiving messages. Communication is only effective when the messages that you are sending is understood, but effective communication involves more than just understanding the message. Effective communication involves what the communicators were thinking, feeling, wanting, or his or her intention. To ensure that effective communication one should follow the communication process model that entails the sender, receiver, encoding, decoding, the message, channel and feedback (Cheseboro, O’Connor, Rios, 2010). There are times that communication can’t be put in words and we have to use demonstrative communication. Demonstrative communication is the nonverbal and unwritten way that we communicate with one another. Demonstrative communication involves such things as your facial expressions, body language, tone of voice or any other way that we communicate nonverbally (Fadal, syllabus, p.2). In our paper we will examine the ways of demonstrative communication. We will provide examples showing how demonstrative communication can be effective and ineffective. Our paper will show the positive and negative effects of demonstrative communication and how it involves listening and responding as well.
When many think of examples of demonstrative communication the first to come to mind is facial expression. The initial tell indicative of how someone is reacting to the information that is being expressed to them is their facial expression. A good example of this would be the players of a game of poker. Though the information itself is non-verbal, the hand of cards each individual is dealt, it is a message all the same. A good poker player is very aware of facial expression, his own and that of the other players. An individual may
References: Cheseboro, T., O’Connor, L., & Rios, F. (2010). Communicating in the workplace. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Moore, B. N., & Parker, R. (2009). Critical thinking (9th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.