Communication is a vital component of our world and yet 65% of that communication is nonverbal. I will discuss the different types of verbal and nonverbal communication in this paper based off of an episode of Doctor Who. This episode is about Matt Smiths first time playing The Doctor and the different types of communication that he uses throughout the episode. Matt Smith’s performance in this episode shows me that he a mastery of both verbal and nonverbal communication when he is playing The Doctor.
Throughout this whole episode The Doctor is low context in every conversation he has. This is best shown at the beginning of the episode and at the end. In the beginning when he meets Amilia Pond and he demands that he wants an apple. When they go into the kitchen, she gives him an apple, and he takes one bite out of the apple and says “I hate apples; apples are rubbish.” This goes on for about five minutes with him demanding different foods and then saying that he hates it. After he finally finds something that wants to eat, he starts asking Amilia questions about her personal life: “Are we in Scotland?”, “Where is your mum and Dad?”, and “So your aunt, where is she?” He completely disregards her feelings about any of the personal questions and keeps probing her for more information.
At the end of the episode, after he defeats the aliens, and he calls them back to earth by cell phone. He states, “Oi I didn’t say you can go! Article 57 of the shadow proclamation this is a level five planet and you thought you could burn it? Did you think no one was watching? Get back here now!” To me this is the best example of how direct he is. In this example, he holds nothing back when demanding that the aliens come back just so he could scold...
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...e alien took the form of whatever she was thinking, so the doctor tried to make her think of what the alien really looked like, in hopes it would break the link. The way the doctor did this was he placed his hands on her face so she would know that there was someone trying to help her snap out of the link. That created a nonverbal bond since she could not hear what the doctor was saying at the time.
Matt Smith’s performance in this episode sowed mastery of both verbal and nonverbal communication when he is playing The Doctor. He is a very direct, polychromic, and denotative individual through this whole episode. He weaves in nonverbal reinforcements from kinesics, proxemics, paralanguage, and to haptics. By doing these things he is not only putting his own twist on the doctor, but also making his acting realistic to bring the watcher into the story of Doctor Who.
Nonverbal Communication is just what it sounds like, communicating without words. This movie is very good about displaying nonverbal communication toward the audience without breakin...
Communication is everywhere. We, as interactive human beings, spend the majority of our time corresponding with others to satisfy our physical, identity, social, and practical needs (Adler, Rodman, & Sevigny, 2011). Often, this is consciously done; we search our minds for the accurate linguistic means to express our experiences, and use them to communicate with those around us. However, communication is not as straightforward and effortless as we may believe. It is, in fact, often unintentional, with 65% of it occurring as a result of non-verbal cues (Matsumoto, Shibata, Seiji, Mori, & Shioe, 2010). As mentioned by Marta Dynel (2011) in a study done on nonverbal communication, “Non verbal signs and signals ... are prevalent practically in all social encounters, which entail at least two individuals, who need not even talk or consciously interact otherwise”. Examples exist in all mediums, including in the animated film ‘Up’, where one scene depicts transactional communication between a male and female character, all expressed nonverbally . The nonverbal communication in this scene, along with various other communication constructs, will be discussed.
I will now be evaluating a couple concepts from chapter six of Interplay, in which the focus is on nonverbal communication and how it can communicate meaning to others without the use of words. One of the first concepts that I would like to address is how nonverbal communication is very ambiguous, as it can be interpreted in several different ways. When communication is nonverbal, it is up to the interpretation of the receiver, just as all forms of communication are. However, nonverbal communication is even more so, as with verbal communication thoughts are being voiced, but silence can be interpreted as “warmth, anger, preoccupation, boredom, nervousness, thoughtfulness – The possibilities are many.” (Adler, Rosenfeld, Proctor, 2015, pg. 176)
In every society nonverbal communication is one of the most powerful tools that a person can use to interpret the message that is being delivered. Even though verbal communication is fairly straightforward, nonverbal communication allows others to sense the true emotions of the person that is expressing them. For example even though a person may say that they are not irritated, their usage of voice may display otherwise. Nonverbal communication not only reveals hidden messages, but it also complements, substitutes, and exaggerates verbal communication.
The presence of nonverbal messages in our communication is very important. Following the text, researchers have estimated it is up to “65 percent of social meaning we convey in face-to-face interactions is a result of nonverbal behavior” (131). The movie “Mrs. Doubtfire” is a typical example about the interactions among characters, also with audience. Several scenes in this movie show us the effects of nonverbal messages in communication, especially through the character Daniel, who disguises himself as a middle-aged British nanny in order to be near his children.
Mrs. G mentioned different health professionals work closely together and talk often talk to each other by use either verbal communication by face to face or phone call, text through use of pager or email or through computer system to support the day to day task and management.
I have chosen six concepts from our book that can be applied to a TV show. Each concept I have choose gives good detail about how interpersonal communication is vital to the show. The six concepts are interpersonal conflict, culture and gender, language, emotion, listening, and deceptive communication. The TV show I have decided to use with these concepts is the show Survivor. The show is a reality TV show that involves 20 contestants that vary from age, race, ethnicity, and gender. Also all of the contestants are from the United States even though they may be a different race or ethnicity. These survivors must live on a remote island with each other and rely on each other for about 40 days until one member is left. I feel like this show gives many great examples of communication and how it can help and hurt people in the real world.
Best therapeutic and effective practice is frequently demonstrated through a nurse’s ability to communicate towards a patient. Interpretating and understanding the indications of non-verbal communication, is persuaded through the use or misuse of particularly body language. An effective communication exchange is evident in the scenario with the nurse and Mrs. Smith, as this scenario presents the body language that markedly places the patient to be relaxed and at ease, foll...
Human beings are communicating all the time throughout lives, and the communication that is mentioned here includes intrapersonal communication, interpersonal communication, public communication and some other fields of communication (Wood). When each individual communicates with oneself or other people, verbal language and nonverbal language are both occurred in his or her communication behavior. According to Wood, the use of nonverbal language is around 65 to 93 percent of one’s communication which shows how important nonverbal language is for each person to express oneself (p. 90). As same as verbal language, nonverbal language is also a significant method to communicate without the use of words. In the movie, The Hunger Games, the main characters are using both languages to tell audiences a great story and their own inward world. Using both verbal and nonverbal languages is helping individuals to accomplish a well expressed of intrapersonal communication, interpersonal communication and public communication.
Harper, R, 1978. Nonverbal communication: The State of the Art. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
For my video paper I chose to do a Pixar movie called Finding Nemo. Although Pixar movies are more aimed for the younger generations, it is becoming more popular for these movies to be introduced in the classrooms. In our DeVito text it shows and explains all the different forms of communication that can be related back to Finding Nemo. Along with other Pixar movies, they all portray many different aspects of communication. Nonverbal communication is presented in the movie by using gestures/movement. Although cartoon characters are not actually real people in the movie, they are created by real people who have experienced nonverbal communication in their lives.
Nonverbal communication is rich in meaning. Everyone communicates through nonverbal gestures and motions. I realized that you can decipher a lot from an individual or individuals by just paying close attention to what they do, and that words are not really necessary. Watching two people interacting, I figured that they are really close by their space communication, eye language, and body movements.
Burgoon, J. K. Buller, D. B. and Woodall W. G. (1989). Nonverbal Communication: The Unspoken Dialogue. New York: Harper & Row.
Nonverbal communication surrounds us all the time. “Nonverbal communication is all aspects of communication other than words” (Wood, 2016, p. 135). It is not communication with words, but we use nonverbal communication when we talk. We use nonverbal communication without even realizing it in every facet of our lives. This type of communication can be challenging depending on someone’s culture. Something that means one thing in America, can mean something totally different in another country. It is important to know this so that you don’t offend someone from another culture (Wood, 2016, p. 149).
I learned a lot about Human Communication in this class when I read the chapter about Nonverbal Communication. Nonverbal Communication is the process of using messages that are not words to generate meaning. I learned that it happens every day. I also learned that is very hard to read or understand depending on the person you are speaking to or with. Verbal and Nonverbal codes work in conjunction with each other. The words we speak or say are used in conjunction six different ways: to repeat, to emphasize, to complement, to contradict, to substitute, and to regulate. I never knew until reading this chapter that we do these things all most every time we communicate. These are things I took for granted until now. I now know that I will pay