Non-Verbal Communication

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This paper discusses the significant role that body language plays in the delivery and understanding of a message. The paper talks about how different facial gestures, hand gestures, postures, etc., communicate certain messages and that understanding these messages can be very useful, not only in interpersonal relations, but in the business and political arena, as well.

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"It's important for people to have a basic understanding of these non-verbal cues so that it can aid them in knowing how to respond to people as well as how well they are responding to others. With this in mind, we must also understand that there are cultural differences in body language and some of the basics that we all seem to know (i.e: "hands on hips" means "defiant" (Pierce-Rusunen, D.1)) may not cross over into other cultures. "Problems arise when generalizations are made about body language" (D.1) and it is therefore significant to gain "literacy in foreign body languages" because "body language is often culture-specific" (D.1)."

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