Non Verbal Communication: What's Exactly ? Discover It's Types, Functions, Methods and Strategies + Much More...!
Abstract: Non-verbal communication is information that is passed without the use of spoken or written words. The non-verbal platform includes eye contact (oculesics) or the lack thereof, facial expressions, gestures, posture, personal appearance, the physical environment and the artefacts/objects that compose it, touch (haptics), paralanguage (vocalics), the use of time (chronemics), and the distance between you and your audience (proxemics). For example, when interviewing for a job, we might not realize that employers will evaluate what we do as much as what we say. Crossed arms can imply defensiveness, poor posture may seem unprofessional, and a downward gaze (avoiding eye contact) will draw away from the confident impression we want to give. What type of communication describes our body language? Repeating – using specific gestures to strengthen a verbal message (e.g. pointing to the object of discussion). Conflicting – when verbal and non-verbal messages within the same