Communication, what is meta communication

1. For organisationnel communication class
Presented by Kamal Panhwar(A1kW-410-435)

2. Definition #1
• Meta-communication is communication that
indicates how verbal information should be
interpreted and concerns stimuli surrounding
the verbal communication that also have
meaning, and which may or may not be
congruent, supportive or contradictory of that
verbal communication.

3. Definition #2
• Metacommunication provides clues as to how
the verbal message should be decoded; it is a
signal about a signal. The same verbal
message framed by different
metacommunication can mean something
entirely different.

4. Explanation
• Verbal Information
• Stimuli surrounding the verbal communication
• Interpreting stimuli congruent or contradictive
• Kinesic and Paralinguistic elements
• Gregory Betason research

5. Kinesic and Paralinguistic
• These are aspects of communication (mega-
communication) will determine whether the
statement is serious or meant as a joke, it also
gives the sometimes subtle clue that might
qualify a statement as ironical and thus
opposite to its verbal meaning.

6. Importance of Metacommunication
It is extermely important in human
communication and individuals who do not
master it tend to have great interpersonal
difficulites. It inept persons who are incapable
to read subtle signals, understand jokes, and
decode hidden meanings become easily
victims and scapeogaoats of their peers.

7. Thank you.