Common Verbal Communication : A Coffee Shop On A Bank Of The Mississippi River

Communication is everywhere. We, as interactive human beings, spend the majority of our time corresponding with others to satisfy our physical, identity, social, and practical needs (Adler, Rodman, & Sevigny, 2011). Often, this is consciously done; we search our minds for the accurate linguistic means to express our experiences, and use them to communicate with those around us. However, communication is not as straightforward and effortless as we may believe. It is, in fact, often unintentional, with 65% of it occurring as a result of non-verbal cues (Matsumoto, Shibata, Seiji, Mori, & Shioe, 2010). As mentioned by Marta Dynel (2011) in a study done on nonverbal communication, “Non verbal signs and signals ... are prevalent practically in

4-5). His verbal (voice inflection) and non-verbal communication (hand gestures) are used to channel his message to the woman who is the receiver, and gain acceptance of his position (Wrench, McCroskey, & Richmond, 2008, p. 8-11). She nods her head in understanding, or simply to acknowledge she is listening, as the gentleman’s displeasure with his associates stems from their lack of attention. The feedback is neither positive nor negative (Wrench, McCroskey, & Richmond, 2008, p.11). Was his message received or misunderstood?

Gender and culture can influence nonverbal communication. It’s a behavior other than written or spoken language that creates meaning for someone. As an example, women seem to use facial expressions more frequently than men do. (Adler, R., Rodman, G., and du Pre, A. (2015). Culture can altogether impact nonverbal correspondence too. The indications operated by Americans may not generally be dubious to the motions of those in other countries. Types of nonverbal communication are with body movement including body orientation, posture, gestures, and touch. (Adler, R., Rodman, G., and du Pre, A. (2015). Nonverbal correspondence is used by about a wide range of correspondence whether it is straightforwardly or by implication. Nonverbal correspondence incredibly impacts discussions by the use of hand motions and facial appearances. In the film, there were numerous times Joe and Kathleen used non-verbal communication. An example would be that toward the start of the film, both Joe and Kathleen jumbled their practices. They conveyed that getting on their computers and messaging each other was fairly forbidden and should have been hidden.

For as long as I can remember, I have been a fairly quiet person who wasn’t too keen on socializing with other people. Every time I found myself in a conversation I would wonder what was on the other person’s mind, and how they perceived me. For instance, I attempted to decipher their true intentions, if they were honest, or if they even liked me. Since I was so focused on those thoughts, I would often miss the concept of the message, as well as the signs that could have clarified my concerns. It is easier to distinguish and interpret another’s probity by observing eye behavior, touch, and other nonverbal cues in the communication context.

The Stagecoach, a critically acclaimed film, which followed the adventures of a group of unlikely and unfortunate passengers escaping from the brutality of Geronimo’s Apache warriors, established the precedent of the classic Western movie, containing crucial Western archetypical elements such as Ringo the Kid that has not hardly changed today. Furthermore, Stagecoach espoused social issues of the time by including passengers of varied social status and standing and emphasizing on such interactions that cross the rigidly defined and impermeable social divides at the time. The iconic movie was produced during the transition between silent films and films with spoken dialogue, and the remnants of the former film style are conspicuous throughout the film. Although explicit and spoken plot was crucial for the storyline, non-verbal communication offered implicit cues to attentive audience members. Moreover, the fact that the passengers were representatives of different social standings further amplified such non-verbal communication and cues. While the film Stagecoach established the quintessential Western movie, the film also underscored the importance of non-verbal communication in the genesis of the spoken dialogue era and emphasized the interactions between rigid social classes in a seemingly disordered environment that is the Western frontier.

1. What does your word choice say about you? What if you did not say anything? These are some of the questions that I can help you answer by the end of your reading. In this paper, I will cover how Americans communicate verbally, nonverbally, and whether we use direct or indirect communication in our American culture. While understanding the topics that we will go over in this paper, it is imperative that we begin with the most familiar methods that we as Americans use daily, verbal and nonverbal communications.

I was given the task of visually watching non-verbal actions and communications in today’s time. What I got was not as farfetched as what I had guessed I would learn, but even the elders learn something every once in a while. Below are three situations that I had taken notes over, one being personal one-on-one relation, the others being social situations. Here are my findings

In person conversations involve body language of both the person listening and speaking; body language is a major component of conversations and therefore, it is wrong to assume the results of an “artificial conversation” to be one similar and better in a real conversation (Fredrickson 111). As stated before, multiple people listened to

In the previous class, we were given the task to complete a ‘Speed Communication Meet & Greet’ where we had a certain amount of time to engage in a conversation with a classmate. Whether we knew the classmate or not, we still had to drive a conversation instead of just sitting next to someone in complete silence. Throughout the exercise, there was plenty of observations not only for myself and the conversations I was engaging in, but also watching the body language of other classmates around me during their conversations.

Locating a health-related facility can be difficult when a facility does not have visible entrance signs (Rudd & Anderson, 2006). Moreover, some facilities can have multiple conflicting entrance signs, such as ‘admitting’, ‘receiving’, and ‘emergency entrance’ (Rudd, 2011). The professional medical building that the ENT physician’s office is located in presented weaknesses in the subcomponent of entrance. The building is located at a busy and intersection, however, the name of the building was not visible from the two main streets. Furthermore, the building name was written in small lettering on the entrance door. The entrance door was overshadowed by trees and bushes. Therefore, unless an individual has previously visited the building, they will likely encounter difficulties in finding the building and entrance door.

The interactions I observed between these two women are examples of non-verbal communication. According to Adler, Rosenfeld, and Proctor (2013), non-verbal communication entails “messages expressed by nonlinguistic means” and is an important aspect of communication because “what we do often conveys more meaning than what we say. (p. 177).

It is difficult enough to interpret words accurately, in fact, there are no doubt more misinterpreted messages than not (Cherney and Tynan, 1990). When the element of nonverbal is incorporated, the rate of misinterpretations increases dramatically (Elgin, 1980).

There are many important and significant factors in a human being’s life. Without those elements, life stays incomplete. For instance, food, recreation, hobby, fun, and emotions are fundamentals of a normal life. One of those elements is every day talk. Everyday talk is the process in which people interact with each other and communicate their points of views (Tedpower, n.d.). This is a way for them to stay in contact with each other. This is important because human beings cannot live alone. They are social animals by the nature, which means at every point of their lives they need someone to talk to or communicate. If a person stays alone for a long time, he starts being depressed and frustrated which can lead to many odd behavioral traits. People who talk to each other or have a decent conversation with each other can be friends, family, colleagues, siblings, sub-ordinates, employers, or strangers.

In all communication events, unless there is a relationship between actions and words, the message can be wrongly interpreted. I observed a conversation between a bartender and a customer in busy and crowded bar. The customer wanted the buy one more double bourbon but the bartender refused to sell to him. This resulted in a series of communication theories, which will be analysed later.

The site I chose for observing non-verbal communication was a coffee shop that I go to frequently to study. This coffee shop is located in the center of town, is adjacent to a bus terminal, a community college’s satellite campus and close to office buildings. This coffee shop is always busy with a diverse group of patrons from students, businessmen and women, and elderly couples and friends. After observing several potential duos, I decided on two females who I started observing as they approached the coffee shop. Both women appeared to be in their mid twenties. They were walking side-by-side, arms linked and both looking straight ahead as they entered the coffee shop. One woman had brunette hair, which was styled and shoulder length. She was dressed all in black, with black leggings, top and black boots. She had a silver necklace and black purse. The other woman had short blonde, tussled hair. She too was dressed all in black; black pants, shoes and a black t-shirt. She was also carrying a backpack. The blonde appeared to have some visual disability as she was carrying a cane and using it to gauge the whereabouts of tables and counters. Her right eyelid drooped down and appeared almost closed while the left eye was open. They stopped briefly at a square table in the middle of the coffee shop, right by the door so the blonde could get her wallet from her backpack. From here they proceeded to the ordering counter, where the brunette stayed close by the blonde,