Non-Verbal Communication

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This paper explains that there are four different categories of non-verbal communication and that non-verbal communication is expressed and understood differently in different cultures. The paper gives examples of non-verbal communication from Arab, Australian, Brazilian, British and North America culture to illustrate how nonverbal communication can be interpreted differently from culture to culture.

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"Nonverbal communication is divided into different types, proxemics, or "the way we use fixed space and personal space." Kinesics, which "are behaviors like gestures, body movements, facial expressions, and eye contact." The use of silence to convey meaning. "Haptics is communicating by touch." All these different aspects vary from one culture to the next."

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