Types of nonverbal commumication

1. Types of Nonverbal
Communication

2. Mano Po
- Touching the
hand of an elder to
one’s forehead to
show respect.

3. 1. Paralanguage
- It is about “how” something
is said, NOT what is said.
- Tones or voices must match
the content of the Message if the
Message is to be understood at
all.

4. 2. Flowers
- These help us to say what
we cannot say ourselves. But
those messages are also
influenced by culture and gender.

7. Plumeria also known as
kalachuchi

8. 3. Colors
- These also have certain
meanings based on the dictates
of culture and gender.

9. Mental hospitals with rooms painted
with pink

10. Colors for boys and girls

11. 4. Chronemics
- It is the study of the role of
TIME in communication.

12. 5. Proxemics
- It is the branch of
knowledge that deals with the
amount of space that people feel
it necessary to set between
themselves and others.

13. 1. Intimate
- It is for people who you are very close to.
In this case, you’re probably less than a foot
away and you might even be touching the other
person. This is the space you’re in with a
romantic partner, for example.

14. 2. Personal Space
- In this case, you’re about 1-4 feet away
from someone. This is reserved for talking to
friends or family.

15. 3. Social Space
- This is the kind of space you’re in if you’re
talking to a colleague or a customer at work.

16. 4. Public Space
- This is the space that characterizes how
close we sit or stand to someone, like a public
figure or public speaker.

17. 6. Haptics
- This is any form of
interaction or communication
involving touch.

19. Patting the head of a Child

20. 7. Gestures
- This is the most often type
of Nonverbal Communication.
- This is a movement of a
part of the body, especially a
hand or the head, to express an
idea or meaning.

21. Four Types of Gestures
1. Emphasizing Gestures
- This gestures punctuate what
we want to highlight in the message
that we are sending to the receivers.

22. Hitting a
Lectern

23. Four Types of Gestures
2. Regulating Gestures
- These gestures are used to
control the flow of communication.

25. Four Types of Gestures
3. Illustrating Gestures
- These are used to show size,
height, distance, or similar qualities
like using one hand to mimic a certain
height or two hands to show distance
or size.

26. Four Types of Gestures
4. Emblems
- These are gestures associated
with specific meanings but cultural
differences in the meaning creates
problems in communication.

27. Clenched Fist
- means
activism and
protest.

28. Royal
Wave

29. 8. Facial Expression
- It is one or more motions or
positions of the muscles beneath
the skin of the face that assists
the Listener in understanding the
Message better.

31. A Frown in the forehead

33. 9. Posture and Personal Appearance
- It is all about how someone
sits or stands in a
Communicative Situation that
tells the people around how one
sees oneself as a Speaker, or
someone’s attitude towards the
Message.