1. Virtual Lecture – Unit SixNonverbal Communication Communication Beyond Words

2. Nonverbal Communication is very important • It is a very important key to understanding communication • Nonverbal communication includes: smiling, frowning, laughing, crying, sighing • It also includes linguistic dimensions of spoken words such as pitch, rate and volume of your voice.

3. Characteristics of nonverbal communication • Nonverbal communication is very important • All behavior has some kind of communicative value • Nonverbal communication is primarily relational

4. Nonverbal Communication Plays a Big Role in Identity Management • Nonverbal communication helps us to define the types of relationships we want to have with others • Nonverbal communication also conveys emotions louder than words ever could

5. Nonverbal Communication Serves Many Functions • Repeating • Substituting • Accenting • Regulation • Complementing • Contradicting • Deceiving

6. Nonverbal communication is also Ambiguous • Nonverbal messages are open to multiple interpretations. Even more so than language.

7. Influences on nonverbal communication • Gender • Culture

8. Types of nonverbal communication • Body Orientation • Posture • Gestures • Face and Eyes • Voice • Touch

9. More Types of Nonverbal Communication • Physical Attractiveness • Clothing • Distance • Territoriality • Physical Environment • Time

10. End of Virtual Lecture On Nonverbal Communication and Unit Six