COMM 1001 Lecture 15: Comm- section 2 notes
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Proxemics- edward hall coined and developed proxemics in 1960s. Hall wrote about proxemics in the hidden dimension. Evt was developed by an anthropologist-true or false. What changed from model to theory: threat threshold, failed to be confirmed in experiments. Non verbal: spatial violations became other nonverbal and was applied to emotional, marital, and intercultural communication as well. 3 concepts: expectancy, violation valence, communicator reward valence. Expectancy violations theory: characteristics of communicator personality and communication style. Expectancy: what people predict will happen rather than what they desire. Considers the context of interaction, relationship with communicator, and. Relationship similarity, familiarity, liking, and relative status. Characteristics demographics > age, sex, place-of-birth, physical appearance, Irwin altman and dalmas taylor came up with this theory. Definition: the process of developing intimacy with another person through mutual self disclosure. The onion like layers of beliefs and feelings about self, others, and the world.
