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Relationships And Communities Session Seven

Expression: Verbal and Non-Verbal

Stewart, 117-139, 149-156

Signals, Signs, and Symbols

Signal - a just noticeable difference
- A building block
- Presumes consistency of encoding and decoding as suggested in standard models of the communication process:
Sign - a set of differences that becomes meaningful to us
- Non-verbal communication often falls into this category
  - Gesture
  - Expression
  - Eye contact
  - Vocalics/paralanguage (one, pitch, pauses, pacing, silence)
  - Proxemics (manipulation of space)
    - Intimate distance (up to 18 inches)
    - Personal distance (18 inches to 4 feet)
    - Social distance (4 to 12 feet)
    - Public distance (12 to 25 feet)
    - ’’Performance distance'' (up to several hundred feet)
    - Longer distances require mediation
  - Accessories
    - Clothing
      - Uniforms
    - Jewelry
    - Purses, briefcases, backpacks, etc
  - Touch
  - Smell
  - Taste
  - Pictures
  - No cues at all (silence communicates)
    - One cannot not communicate

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