The document discusses the different channels of nonverbal communication: 1) Body kinesics - gestures, appearance, and body language. 2) Facial expressions - managing facial expressions to hide or emphasize emotions. 3) Eye contact and avoidance - eye contact exists on a spectrum from no contact to 100% contact and signals different levels of comfort. 4) Touch or haptics - the different reasons people touch others, such as affection, play, aggression, etc. 5) Paralanguage - the nonverbal vocal aspects like tone, volume, and pace which can indicate emotional state and allow for judgments. 6) Proxemics or spatial distancing - the

1. Nonverbal Messages
Chapter 6

2. Nonverbal Communication
Focus
on section “Channels of Nonverbal
Communication”

3. Channels
Body (Kinesics)
Facial
Eye
Touch (Haptics)
Paralanguage (Vocalics)
Space (Proxemics)
Artifactual
Temporal (Chronemics)

4. Body: Gestures

5. Body: Gestures

6. Body: Gestures

7. Body: Gestures

8. Body: Gestures

9. Body: Gestures

10. Body: Appearance
Whatis included in this category?
NOT clothing or other artifacts

11. Facial: Facial Management
Learned behaviors of hiding or
emphasizing emotions through facial
expressions

12. Facial: Facial Management

13. Eye Communication
Eye Contact
Eye Avoidance
◦ What are functions of each of these
behaviors?

14. Eye Communication
No Eye contact Comfortable zone 100% Eye contact

15. Touch
What are some different reasons we
touch another person?

16. Paralanguage
This is the vocal dimension of speech.
Remember “non-verbal” … “not-words”
What are some different nonverbal
aspects of the voice?

17. Paralanguage
Identifying
emotional state
Forming judgments

18. Spatial: Distances

19. Spatial: Distances

20. Spatial: Distances

21. Spatial: Distances

22. Spatial: Distances

23. Spatial: Theories
Protection theory
Equilibrium theory
Expectancy violations theory

24. Spatial: Theories – Protection

25. Spatial: Theories – Equilibrium

26. Spatial: Theories – Expectancy
Violations
No Eye contact Expected zone 100% Eye contact
Attention Attention
shifts shifts

27. Spatial: Territory messages

28. Artifactual Communication

29. Temporal