Proxemics is the study of how humans use space in communication. There are four types of personal territories defined by distance: intimate (touching), personal (1-4 feet), social (4-12 feet), and public (12+ feet). Different cultures have different standards for personal space. Proxemics also examines how people arrange objects and use colors in spaces, and categorizes cultures as either contact-oriented, where touching is common, or non-contact oriented.

1. Communication Skills
Name :-chavda subhashchandra
Branch : Mechanical
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2. Sources
• Communication skills by Shreya Thakur
• Google
• quora
• Wikipedia

3. Proxemics
• Proxemics is the study of physical space in
interpersonal relations.
• Ina professional setting, space is used to signal
power and status.
Four types of spaces.
• 1.Intimate
• 2.personal
• 3.Social
• 4.Public

4. Definition
• Proxemics is the study of how humans use
space when we're communicating. How close
we stand to someone, whether we touch
them, and how comfortable we feel are all
part of the study of proxemics.

5. What is Proxemics?
• Do you feel uncomfortable when someone stands
too close to you? Do very bright colors in a room
make you feel distracted? These questions are
important to the study of proxemics.

6. (01)
Personal Territory
• In order to understand more about proxemics, we
need to discuss different kinds of spaces.
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• There are 4 kinds of distance that people generally
use in communication. This can vary by place and
different cultures have different standards. These
are known as realms of personal territory. Let's
talk about these now.

7. (02)
Public space
• is the space that characterizes how close we
sit or stand to someone, like a public figure or
public speaker. So, if you are at an event
listening to a professor give a lecture, you are
probably about 12-25 feet away.
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• Public space is appropriate when you are
listening to a lecture
•

8. (03)
Social space
• means we're getting a little closer, about 4-12
feet away. This is the kind of space you're
probably in if you're talking to a colleague or a
customer at work.

9. (04)
Personal space
• is even closer. In this case, you're probably
about one foot to four feet away from
someone. This is reserved for talking to
friends or family.

10. Types of Territories
• There are four main kinds of territories in proxemics:
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• 1. Body Territory – refers to the personal space, or
“bubble,” that one maintains around their person.
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• 2. Primary Territory – one’s home, vehicle or other living
space.
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• 3. Secondary Territory – a structured place where entry is
reserved for particular individuals and certain norms are
expected, such as a school, office or church.
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• 4. Public Territory – an open space where anyone can come
and go, such as a park or shopping mall.
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11. Physical Territory
• It's more about the ways that we arrange objects
in space. For example, you probably have your
bed set up so that you face the center of your
bedroom, instead of the wall.
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• Another example of physical territory might be
the color of the walls in a room. Very bright
colors have been shown to be distracting. So, a
person designing an office building probably
would not choose to use bright orange or red
paint on the walls, as it might be jarring to
employees.

12. Geographic Territory
• For the purposes of understanding how
different people communicate non-verbally,
Edward Hall separated cultures into two basic
categories: contact and non-contact. In
contact cultures, physical touching between
acquaintances is permitted and even
necessary for establishing interpersonal
relationships.

13. personal territory
• that we carry with us, the "bubble" of space
that you keep between yourself and the
person ahead of you in a line.

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