[3/10]Communications written by Skylark

[Vincent(카페지기)]

Communications

We are living in many human relationships.

It is communication that we can make and maintain relationships with others.

We send and receive signals to and from others everyday, even with unknown persons via mass media.

Nowadays, so called informationized society, the communication skill is more important in living and occupation than it in the past.

Now let`s talk about communication.

A.

1. How did communication methods change according to eras?

2. Did you ever had a pen pal? Did you ever used a beeper?

Did you ever sent or received a love letter?

What did you feel from that?

3. Are you good at expressing your emotional state to others?

Nonverbal communication

Nonverbal communication is behavior, other than spoken or written communication, that creates or represents meaning. In other words, it includes facial expressions, body movements, and gestures. Nonverbal communication is talking without speaking a word. It is very effective, maybe even more so than speech. Remember the saying, “Actions speak louder than words.”

There are two main types of nonverbal communication. Body language is the first. Body language is body movements that depend on a person’s attitude or feelings. Body language includes the way people walk, how they stand, and their facial features. In other words, any kind of meaning that is shown by a person's body attitude or movements. For example, when a boy is sad he may droop his head and walk slowly. Or, if a girl is happy, she might run and jump or stand up straight and put her hands in the air. People don't have to say anything to show how they feel about things. The color of people's skin may even show how they feel. For example, if people with light colored skin get embarrassed, their skin may turn red, or if they are worried, they might get pale. Body language can be voluntary (on purpose) or involuntary (a person can’t help it).

The next main type of nonverbal communication is gestures. Gestures are communications like facial expressions, hand signals, eye gazing, and body postures. Examples include smiles, handshakes, waving, and raising certain fingers to say something. For instance, if you saw a friend at a noisy carnival, you might smile and wave at your friend. Another example is in baseball when the catcher signals to the pitcher the kind of pitch to use for the batter that is up.

There are three main uses of nonverbal communication. People often use all of them everyday. The first use is for greetings. Greetings include waves, handshakes, hugs and salutes. For example, when you see your friends in the morning on the way to school, you may wave to them. A more formal greeting would be shaking hands with your boss at work. The salute is used in the armed forces when you see a person of a higher rank than you.

The next use is for specific communication. For example, workers may use signals at their jobs. One important use is in construction when a worker signals to a crane operator to keep everyone safe. These signals are very specific and tell the operator to move left, right, or raise and lower the hook. Another very important use is sign language. This form of communication is used for people who have hearing problems. They use hand signals and lip reading to communicate very specific things.

The third use is involuntary nonverbal communication. These are movements and attitudes that show how people feel. Most times, people don't even know they're communicating when they make these actions, because these actions are automatic. For example, a slumped posture may mean that the person is sad. A stern look may show that the person is in a serious mood. When people rub their eyes, it can show they are tired. All of these examples show how people feel.

Expressions and gestures are not the same around the world. Some gestures, like the “thumbs up,” which is a positive gesture in the United States, may mean something very different in other cultures. In Nigeria, the thumbs up gesture is a rude insult! In Australia it is an obscene insult. Another funny example is spinning your finger around your ear. This is known as the “you’re crazy” sign in America and in some other nations. But in Argentina, it means “you have a phone call!”

Another gesture that can be taken completely differently depending upon where you live is nodding the head. In most parts of the world, it is a positive or “yes” gesture. In Bulgaria, and parts of Greece and the Middle East, it means no. It is important that government leaders know about these things. It could be bad if a president offended the leader of another nation because of a gesture that was misunderstood. At least an embarrassed smile will be understood between people from other countries.

Other examples of involuntary communication are rubbing hands together to show anticipation, tapping or drumming fingers when impatient, biting nails if nervous, and putting a hand or finger to one's cheek if thinking deeply.

Would you tell me another examples of nonverbal communication?

4. Let`s talk about people who have difficulties in communication.

5. Misunderstanding can harms human relationship.

Conversely, it may be a result of poor human relationship or poor communication.

What do you think can make misunderstanding happen?

Would you tell us an example of misunderstanding?

6. What is the way to be a good communicator?

7. How often do you face mass media on a daily basis?

8. What effects does mass media give us ?(in communicational way, bad effect and good effect)

Product placement

We are living in the flood of advertisement, even while we are not aware of it.

An example is product placement.

Product placement (PPL) is an advertising tactics in which a real commercial product is used in fictional or non-fictional media, and the presence of the product is a result of an economic exchange. Product placement appears in plays, film, television series, music videos, video games and books, and is a relatively new idea (first appearing in the 1980s). Product placement occurs with the inclusion of a brand's logo, or a favorable mention or appearance of a product. This is done without disclosure, and under the premise that it is a natural part of the work. Most major movie releases contain product placements today. The most common form is PPL through movie and television placements and PPL through computer and video games is getting increased rapidly. Recently, Web 2.0 sites have experimented with in-site product placement as a revenue model.

9.What do you think of product placement?

이번 토픽도 말씀은 없으셨지만 Skylark 님이 직접 작성하신 것 같더군요 님의 노력과 열정에  감사드립니다. 

이번 주에도  역시 추운날씨 속에서 따뜻한 T.D 와 함께 푸근하게 보낼 토요일 저녁시간을 기대해 봅니다.  그 때? 아니 야유회 다녀 올때 까지 철저히 건강챙기시고 새로운 내일을 화이팅!! 임돠 ^^!

[Teddy~*]

참석해도 될까요? 꺄르르륽~

[santiago]

윽... 내가 올릴라캤는데... 서너발 늦었군요...ㅜㅜ 담주엔 꼭!(화르르~)

[Skylark]

Don`t be disappointed. There are so many opportunities.^^

[Barbie♡]

그리고 또 참석 안하는거 아니겠죠? 산티아고 오빠 //ㅋ

[santiago]

이번에 꼭 간다....I'll promise!

[santiago]

4번없는듯...';;;

[Vincent(카페지기)]

아차 나의 실수^^;~~실수만 찾지말고 참석여부도 말해야지 !!

[Skylark]

Speaking of question number, the numbers were reduced from 10 to 8. Originally No.4 is about nonverbal communication. I hope that Vincent don`t omit the last question about PPL.^^

[santiago]

이번엔 정시 참석 임돠.

[Skylark]

Writings of nonverbal comm. & PPL were edited from on-line articles.

[Vincent(카페지기)]

Skylark님 I got what you said. ^^;

[Skylark]

I`ll be there. I hope that we can communicate well with each other by English.

[bloody]

빠지면 안될 것 같아~~ ^^ 굉장히 재미있을것 같은 분위귀~~ ^^ 이번엔 굉장히 조신하게 있어야징~ ㅋ ㅑㅋ ㅑㅋ ㅑ

[♥KiKi♥]

이번에 미리 예습을 해가야겠어요~ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[Teddy~*]

이번주엔 예습 미리 한 키키랑 대화하면 안 심심하겠넹 ^^

[♥KiKi♥]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋ대화는 짧게..짧게...^^

[Alba(Manager)]

pass, I'll pass

[Todd]

이번주도...불참.. 토,일 모두 출근..ㅠ.ㅠ 뭐 바빠지면..대략..아무것도 못한다는...에구....(지난주에는 그냥 집에서 쉬었지만서두..ㅡ.ㅡ;;;) 다들 즐공하세요~

[Clark]

테디형... 대략 '꺄르르륽'의 압박.. 존경스럽습니다 ㅋㅋ ; 예습해가는 분위기? 훌륭해~* 저도 예습하고 갈께요~!

[희야네요]

예습을 해야 할말이있겠쬬? ㅋㅋ 저도 참석입니당.

[Angie(까페지기)★]

이번주는 참석할 수 있지 싶습니다^^

[도르도르]

저두 이번주는 참석참석!!!~~ 내일 뵈요~

[Jackie]

long time no see Skylark행님...^^see u that day...

[bo-hye]

저도 참석하겠습니다 ㅎㅎㅎ 내일 뵈요~ ^-^

[prairie7]

다시 한번 츄라이 합니다. 참석 예정입니다.

[BYOUNG]

내일 첨으로 참석하네요. 다들 잘 부탁드립니다^^

[Alba(Manager)]

BYOUNG님 토픽을 찾으셨군요... 오프라인에서 뵐께요^^

[Luna]

처음인데 참석해도 될까요,,^^

[Vincent(카페지기)]

당연 대환영입니다.^^~~정시에 오셔서 1층에서 T.D 라고 말씀하시면 됩니다.

[i an]

참석한표!^^

[Doo ^^]

내일 보아요.^^

[Alba(Manager)]

여기까지 꼬리말 다시분 19명 참석예정이예요 내일 아니 오늘 저녁 7시에 보아요

[simon]

박지성입니닷!! 저고 갈껀되..! 여기까지 꼬리말 다시분 박지성포함20명 참석예정이예요 내일 아니 오늘 저녁 7시에 보아요~ㅋㅋ

[bloody]

아하~ 창용이~ 지난주엔 왜 안왔어~ 아가씨들 많이 델꾸 온다고 했으면서~~ 은근히 기대 했었는데 ^^ 모두들 너 찾았었는데~ ^^ 오늘 보자~

[simon]

옷!! 저이름 기억하시네~ 땡큐베리감솨~!! 아가씨들때메절찾으신거라면...ㅋ

[bloody]

그건 아니지요~ 아가씨들 때매 찾은 건 절때루 아닌데~~ 이미 우리 그룹엔 미인들이 많은데 더 찾아서 뭐하겠소~ 그냥 그대의 소식이 궁금해서 그랬다오~ ㅋㅋ

[carol ~*]

분위기 와이카노~ 카면 지금 있는 아가씨들은 다 아저씨가??? ㅋㅋㅋ 이따봐요~*