This week I
watch a show called Parenthood. While watching the show with the sound off I
felt so lost. At first I thought I was not going to be able to understand what
was going on. In relatively short order I was able to start my decoding of the
non-verbal communication that was taking place. I had a different perspective
and story for all the characters. In a way that was kind of a fun activity. I
could reinvent their life to fit their non-verbal communication. At times I was
in stitches because of the storyline I came up with.
Personally I am
hard of hearing and have a difficult time hearing people in certain
circumstances or people with certain vocal tones. I need to pay close attention
to their body language to help decipher what is being said. After the doozy of
a story I came up with for the characters in the TV show I am left wondering
how many times I have miss read other who are trying to communicate with me.
This activity gave me a new appreciation and understanding for how important
non-verbal communication can be, along with the realization that it can mean
what we do not want it to.
2 comments:
I think it is amazing what we can learn from body language. It is definitely a communication tool. My father is losing his hearing and has become quite good at reading lips, though I hear the hearing loss in some of his speech. I keep asking him when we are going to take sign language, but he is not ready. I do not want to lose the ability to communicate with my father face to face. Technology is always advancing...who knows what they will come up with, someday I may have subtiles when I talk.
Hello Sharene,
I had read in this weeks resources women look more at body language cues in communication than men do. So if our verbal does not match our nonverbal your female collegagues will most likely look to the nonverbal cues. I thought that was most interesting about gender differences in communication.
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