Wednesday, August 21, 2013
COM 325 / Week #9 Discussion: Nonverbal communication: Should we read deep into it?
There are many gurus these days claiming they have the power to decipher any nonverbal message, intended or not intended. Remember the TV show Lie to Me? In Japan, there are some courses that teach people how to be "kawaii" (かわいい) nonverbally. I personally don't like to read deep into people's nonverbal behavior. Actually I am trying to be more oblivious toward nonverbal cues during interpersonal communication. There is a viral video called "Bitchy Resting Face" to mock the "science" of body movement, and face-reading. But before you finish reading and start responding to the post, read my disclaimer: I am strongly against using "B-" word. My question is, do we pay too much attention to nonverbal cues in our communication and should we put less effort in trying to "perform" during our communication with others?
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I honestly dont think that we spend too much time in nonverbal communications in todays era. I believe this because with todays era, we use our body to talk, you noticed everytime someone is on the phone they are doodly? Have you ever seen someones doodly? They explain how they feel about the converstation that they are having, if they are drawing lines over and over them again, they are bored of this converstation. Or I like to take my mother as an example she likes to talk with her hands and use the personal bubble. Everyone does this weather they do it intentionaly or they dont know they are doing it, so paying attention to someones body language is important too me, it says alot about someones personality. Someone with thier arms crossed thier chest they dont want to be confrunted and they dont want to talk.
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