While watching the show with the volume off, I made the
assumption that the main characters where close in some way. Maybe family or very close friends because
they were talking with one another on the phone then ended up meeting each
other for lunch out. Once they met up,
the hugged as if they have some close connection with one another. They are focused on each another and nodding
their head and laughing. They do not
seem to be communication negatively.
The assumptions that I made were that the two girls were
close friends or family. I assumed that
this was a show following these two girls closely and their lives they
live. I think my assumptions were pretty
accurate once I watched the show with the volume on. It is true that these two girls were friends
from elementary school and lived close to one another and enjoyed sharing their
lives with each other.
I learned that communication is very well seen from an
outsider. You can truly tell how a
person feels about someone they are having a conversation with based solely on
their nonverbal cues. It was amazing to
watch the program with no volume and then watch it with volume. It really showed me that communication is
seen through nonverbal cues. An insight
that I would have for you all would be to try and pay attention to nonverbal
cues you are giving during communication because they can easily be
misunderstood.
Do you think they is a way a person could fake nonverbal gestures to make it seem like they have a close friendship? Personally, it would be hard for me to do so.
ReplyDeleteHello Lynette,
ReplyDeleteI agreed with your insight about how difficult it can be to make sense of nonverbal communication when you have little to no prior background knowledge about the people and situation. I thought it would be easy to at least identify the relationships amongst the characters in a full episode, however I too was easily misconstrued by the nonverbal communication used throughout the show 'Bones.' I also found it interesting how much nonverbal communication can give people falsified messages by simply making quick judgements and assumptions without having the 'whole picture.'
It is funny how you brought up head nodding. I have found that some of my colleagues will nod their heads when speaking. Observing this from a far you would think that they were agreeing with the situation. After bringing this up to them they were very embarrassed and did not even realize they had been nodding their heads. This type of non verbal communication can be very confusing for the person speaking. They could take it as you saying yes or agreeing with what they were saying. This is why it is very important for all of us to pay attention to our own body language to insure that their is no misunderstandings.
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