COMPONENTS OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

Posted by zeeshanshah on January 31st, 2011

Nonverbal communication includes:

 1.    Appearance and surrounding

 2.    Silence,Time and Space

 3.    Body Language

1   Appeareance and Surrounding:

 Appearence of thing and object and their surroundings are an important factor of nonverbal communication.They send a silent message to an onlooker.Appearence conveys nonverbal impression which influences the attitude,reaction and response of the receiver.A neat and decent appearence always appeals to the onlookers.

In the case of personal appearence,the complexion,style,clothing and object of surroundings covey nonverbal impression regarding the taste,habits,social and economic and skill of a person.

2. Silence,Time and Space:

One may find it difficult to know that silence,time and spaceare also important element on nonverbal communication.When you make a request or ask a question,you expect the person at the other end to give a reply.it may not see very important a factor in a country but let us not forget the golden principal that time is money and we must not waste it extravagant.

3. Body Language:

Body language is probablythe most striking aspect of nonverbal communication.consciously and sometimes unconsciously,we analyze people's attitude,psychology and bent of mind on the basis of their body language.