Demonstrative Communication

Demonstrative Communication

Communication

Communication is a means of dissemination of information through behavior, writing, signals, visuals, or speech. The process of communication requires a sender, receiver, message, and a medium. In order for a communication to be successful, it is important that the sender is able to correctly convey the message and the receiver should decode it efficiently. It may be one way or two way. In one way communication, the message just had to be send to the receiver, while in two way communication, the message needs to be responded by the receiver. There are several forms of communication, out of which demonstrative communication has great importance since a lot of communication is non-verbal.

Demonstrative Communication

Demonstrative communication, also known as non-verbal communication is a form of communication whereby the sender communicated using non-verbal cues such as body language, facial expressions, tone of voice, etc. this form of communication can be effective at times but can lead to gaps in the communication (Maher, 2005).

Facial expressions are the most common form of demonstrative communication. Facial expressions can sometimes by difficult for people to understand but at various instances is the most important communication tool since certain messages require facial communication. For example, a person might to communicating verbally to someone but needs to convey another message to someone else. In this case, facial expression is the best method of communication. Expressions such as a smile, frown, nod, or wink are very common in communication. However, non-verbal communication can be taken negatively by some receivers. For example a smile may be taken positively by most people but depending on the situation, some people may consider the person smiling as arrogant. The interpretation of the message can affect the effectiveness of the message and in order to correctly communicate the message, the sender has to be considerate about his expressions (Krizan, 2011).

Another form of demonstrative communication is body language. Body language is important during communication that involves interaction. Sometimes we may want to say something but our body language portrays something else. Such cases can lead to negative perceptions about the sender or the receiver interpreting the information in a way not desired by the sender. Crossing ones arms, leaning on the wall, or constant eye movement's, signals lack of confidence or a display of attitude. Therefore, during conversations it is important to maintain constant eye contact with the audience since it signals confidence. It ...