Nonverbal Language Analysis Paper

Communication Analysis Paper Nonverbal messages play a huge role in how people interact with each other and how the world can perceive what messages you are trying to get convey. From facial expressions to body language, nonverbal messages are a key factor in really knowing how a person feels about something because nonverbal messages are involuntary unlike language and actions speak louder than words. While I was observing my surroundings at a local Starbucks, nonverbal messages that people were using to talk to another person became a way for me to get some kind of idea of how they were feeling about the situation they were in while interacting with another person. Walking into Starbucks to begin my ethnography, the first interaction I see are a guy and a girl who I assumed as being a couple by their intimate proxemics. As I walked past the two I overheard the girl say, in a melancholic tone, “but you can’t be doing that all the time”. When I finally
Her hair was in these nice curls with her make up looking flawless and a nice blouse with a skirt. She walked in with a smile on her face looking a little too happy to just be at a Starbucks, but she ordered two drinks and sat at a table looking at her watch and the door. Assuming she was meeting someone, I realized that was why she was so happy and looked as she did but that could just be how she is every day. She was constantly looking out the glass doors and finally a man walks in and looks straight at her with a big smile. She gets up and gives him a big hug and says, “Hi, how are you? I haven’t seen you in forever!” They sat down and started to catch up with each other with grins on their faces and they would both slightly touch the other person on the arm or hand. Touch and facial expression were a big key factor as I observed these two people; they both just looked as if they could not have been any happier than to be in each other’s