B.A. - CommunicationB.A. - Communication

1. What are the key elements of effective communication?

2. Sketch a picture illustrating what you defined as effective communication.

Focus QuestionsFocus Questions

• How does communication influence the development of culture?

• How does the concept of culture serve as a social function in society?

• What sociological theories apply to the emergence of cultural variance?

The Unwritten Language of the BodyThe Unwritten Language of the Body

Kinesics is the study of nonlinguistic bodily movements, such as gestures and facial

expressions, as a systematic mode of communication.

"Reading" People"Reading" People

• Expressions

• Gestures

• Posture

• Eye Movement

Forms of CommunicationForms of Communication

• Affect displays reveal context through facial movements.

• Artifact or Communication by Artifact tells a story with body decoration, clothing, hair, etc.

• Chronemics waits for time.• Emblems are agreed upon gestures.• Haptics demonstrate through touch.• Paralanguage speaks the voice minus words.• Proxemics bubbles your space.

““Seinology”Seinology”

• Close Talker http://www.tbs.com/video/index/#/all-video/shows/seinfeld/73154• Soup Nazi http://www.tbs.com/video/index/#/all-video/shows/seinfeld/soup-clips/• Elaine Dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xi4O1yi6b0• George’s Answering Machine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QJnE-uiJvo

Culture: Our social HeritageCulture: Our social Heritage

• Material vs. Non-Material

• Cultural Diffusion: Melting Pot vs. Salad Bowl Theories

• Sociologists ask: Does a culture invent more than it borrows, or does it borrow more than it invents?

• Culture Forms a tapestry of life events

Diffusion Diffusion

Diffusion

POV

Distance Decay

Transculturation Acculturation

Culture: The Tapestry of LifeCulture: The Tapestry of Life

Cues

Cultural Fabric

Cultural Relativism vs.

Cultural Variance

Life Status POV Systemic POV