A Brief Analysis of Demonstrative Communication
Running head: COMMUNICATUON, DEMONSTRATIVE, VERBAL, AND NONVERBAL
A Brief Analysis of Demonstrative Communication
BCOM/275
January 24, 2012
Tim Buchanan
A Brief Analysis of Demonstrative Communication As society continues to progress with technology, other aspects of life begin to change as well, specifically communication. The foundation of communication is commonly understood to have two aspects; a sender and a receiver. Communication not only includes daily messages sent verbally but also through the use of unwritten, writing, signals, and body language. This paper briefly will discuss the specific differences between verbal and nonverbal communication and how each can negatively or positively affect the message. Verbal or communication requires the message being delivered by words. This can include spoken words, face to face, via the telephone, video chat, or any other communication that involves direct audible words. In addition to the everyday informal forms of verbal communication, there are also more proficient forms of communication like lectures, interviews, and presentations in which the receiver is prepared and aware that a message is actuality sent. Although a message may be sent in an audible fashion, this does not mean the message must be instantly acquired by the receiver. For example, someone who leaves a voice message on a telephone is still using verbal communication, even though the receiver has not yet acquired the message. Nonverbal communication refers to the use of communication without verbal words. Gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, touch, written context, text messages, e-mails, and body language are examples of how one may communicate nonverbally. Another aspect of nonverbal communication consists of unwritten characterizations such as laughing and burping, vocal set apart such as uh-huh, or hum. Also vocal qualifiers including the pitch, volume, tone, tempo, and rhythm of his or hers words (Wolters, 2010).
A Brief Analysis of Demonstrative Communication
BCOM/275
January 24, 2012
Tim Buchanan
A Brief Analysis of Demonstrative Communication As society continues to progress with technology, other aspects of life begin to change as well, specifically communication. The foundation of communication is commonly understood to have two aspects; a sender and a receiver. Communication not only includes daily messages sent verbally but also through the use of unwritten, writing, signals, and body language. This paper briefly will discuss the specific differences between verbal and nonverbal communication and how each can negatively or positively affect the message. Verbal or communication requires the message being delivered by words. This can include spoken words, face to face, via the telephone, video chat, or any other communication that involves direct audible words. In addition to the everyday informal forms of verbal communication, there are also more proficient forms of communication like lectures, interviews, and presentations in which the receiver is prepared and aware that a message is actuality sent. Although a message may be sent in an audible fashion, this does not mean the message must be instantly acquired by the receiver. For example, someone who leaves a voice message on a telephone is still using verbal communication, even though the receiver has not yet acquired the message. Nonverbal communication refers to the use of communication without verbal words. Gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, touch, written context, text messages, e-mails, and body language are examples of how one may communicate nonverbally. Another aspect of nonverbal communication consists of unwritten characterizations such as laughing and burping, vocal set apart such as uh-huh, or hum. Also vocal qualifiers including the pitch, volume, tone, tempo, and rhythm of his or hers words (Wolters, 2010).
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