COM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Public Space, Paralanguage, Chronemics

• School: URI
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COM 100
• Professor: Martha Waitkun

Document Summary

More believable but more ambiguous (continuous) is nonstop (not like verbal) Nonverbal works with verbal to establish relationship level meaning. Relationship level meaning: tell relationship by primarily nonverbal communication. Responsiveness: acknowledging that someone exists and humanity and that they"ve just done something you"re responding to (ex. Liking: huge variation, can range from acquaintance, to romantic relationship: (ex. Smiling, sitting closer to someone, sitting next to someone, way you hug/touch someone) Power: tone of voice, might approach on personal space, go and get that , abrupt, someone with higher power talking to lower power, take up more spaces. Anything involving the body: facial expression, gestures, smiling, eye contact, turning when someone walks in. All about touch: functional touch: doctor doing their job, friendly/polite touch, playful touch: push them lightly, pat on the back, girls touch more when huge, guys pat on the back.