Nonverbal Communication Skills
University of Phoenix Material
Nonverbal Communication Codes
• View the following video located on the student website:
o ABC News' 20/20: That’s So Rude: Cultural Differences in Manners between Japan and the U.S. (2006)
• Analyze the nonverbal communication codes demonstrated in the video.
• Answer the questions located below each image from the video.
• Save this document to your desktop.
1. What cultural barriers are seen in this image?
In this imagine we see adolescents rebelling to adults in the way they dress. Young teens in Japan start to refuse the kimono, and they dress more fashionable. This is not appreciated by the Japanese culture which used to have the shame culture, which is a code that shows what is good or not to do in public. Cultural barrier and age barrier is what this imagine shows. Because the teenager is dressing in a different way of what the Japanese culture is.
2. What type of nonverbal communication codes are being used to deliver the messages?
The nonverbal communications showed in this imagine is the way this girl is dressed and the makeup she is having in her face. The communication codes used in this imagine are affect display and emblems; the facial expression, posture, and what the girl is doing, are all nonverbal communication. The girl is talking with a friend similar to her but she is completed busy watching her phone, and this justify the affect display on communication code. Also appearance is showed in this imagine as nonverbal communication code because the girl is dressed to show as well his personality, culture and beliefs.
3. What effect does each message have on the other people in the image?
The message that the two girls are sending to the other people is their way to integrate they personality in the society. They like be different and go opposite of what the other people does. They like to copy the western countries and they tend to be extremely different of what the Japanese people
Nonverbal Communication Codes
• View the following video located on the student website:
o ABC News' 20/20: That’s So Rude: Cultural Differences in Manners between Japan and the U.S. (2006)
• Analyze the nonverbal communication codes demonstrated in the video.
• Answer the questions located below each image from the video.
• Save this document to your desktop.
1. What cultural barriers are seen in this image?
In this imagine we see adolescents rebelling to adults in the way they dress. Young teens in Japan start to refuse the kimono, and they dress more fashionable. This is not appreciated by the Japanese culture which used to have the shame culture, which is a code that shows what is good or not to do in public. Cultural barrier and age barrier is what this imagine shows. Because the teenager is dressing in a different way of what the Japanese culture is.
2. What type of nonverbal communication codes are being used to deliver the messages?
The nonverbal communications showed in this imagine is the way this girl is dressed and the makeup she is having in her face. The communication codes used in this imagine are affect display and emblems; the facial expression, posture, and what the girl is doing, are all nonverbal communication. The girl is talking with a friend similar to her but she is completed busy watching her phone, and this justify the affect display on communication code. Also appearance is showed in this imagine as nonverbal communication code because the girl is dressed to show as well his personality, culture and beliefs.
3. What effect does each message have on the other people in the image?
The message that the two girls are sending to the other people is their way to integrate they personality in the society. They like be different and go opposite of what the other people does. They like to copy the western countries and they tend to be extremely different of what the Japanese people