Demonstrative Communication
ACC/280
April 15, 2013
Demonstrative Communication
Individuals have numerous ways to communicate with others. Communication styles include verbal communication, nonverbal, written, and unwritten communication. Demonstrative communication is included in nonverbal and unwritten communications and includes communication types such as facial expressions, tone of voice, body language, etc. A number of elements can affect the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of a message in a positive or negative way, depending on how the message is interpreted by the receiver from the sender.
The elements of demonstrative communication are still present in the conversation between the sender and the receiver, whether the sender intentionally communicates using the elements or not. The elements can affect the effectiveness of the message in the conversation positively or negatively, depending on who is sending and who is receiving the message. The elements include chronemics, proxemics, kinesics, hapics, vocalics, and personal style (Cheesebro, O’Connor, & Rios, 2010).
One element of demonstrative communication that occurs is proxemics, which is referred to as the distance between the sender and receiver of the message. This element can greatly affect the message of the communication, especially in different cultures and countries. There are four different distances for four different types of communications: intimate messages have a distance from touching each other to about a foot and a half, personal messages have a distance of a foot and a half to four feet, social messages are four feet to 12 feet apart, and public messages are delivered more than 12 feet apart, but the environment and culture also factors into the distance. The United States differs from most other countries in the communication department because those countries exchange messages nearer to each other, regardless of what information the message contains...