Bcom Demonstrative Communication

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Communication can have several meanings and definitions. West and Turner give the definition, “communication is a social process in which individuals employ symbols to establish and interpret meaning in their environment” (West & Turner, 2004). Basically, a sender sends a message to a receiver, who in turn decodes the message. Communication can become complicated when demonstrative communication is involved. Often times when communication is thought of, it is thought of as verbal or written communication. However, nonverbal communication is an essential part on communication. Demonstrative communication is the unwritten and nonverbal aspects of communication, which includes to facial expression, gestures, body language, and paralinguistic. Demonstrative communication can be effective for both the sender and receiver, however if misinterpreted, the message can easily be misunderstood. The goal of communication is to send and receive effective messages understood on all levels, compressive, emotional, and philosophical. Demonstrative communication can help to infusive our message. Teachers use many different demonstrative communication techniques to quiet a rambunctious classrooms, one technique is to speak very softly. As the children see and hear their teacher speak in such soft tones, they quiet as well. Another example would be hand signals, each teacher has one he or she prefer to use, it may be the peace sign or a finger pressed to their mouth, either one is understood by the children even when used without a verbal message. When a parent is discussing poor behavior and their consequences for those actions with his or her child, he or she will use a stern tone. In all of these examples demonstrative communication reinforces the sender’s message, in the example of the teacher using soft tones or hand signals sent the message to her class to
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