Communications
- Generations
- Gothic architecture- gothic schools of the 19thC communicated that schools led to heaven-learning.
- church
- diamond square
- romantic period in literature-enviornment
- dais. chairman of a committee sits at the head of the table at a distance from the audience.
- modern architecture -glass buildings
- victorians, edwardian houses
- recieving a ticket on a bus-non verbal.
- someone starring into space-unconcious
- debating-verbal or linguistic
- acting in a musical-concious
- use of gestures-can be conscious or unconscioius
- proxemic-person of inferior status stood and superior sat.
- courtiers stoods, while kings and queens sat.
- paralinguistic-loudness or softness of the voice.
- accent is paralinguistic
- kinestic: body movements-soldiers had a rolling gait to maintain an upright stance on deck.
- tactile:some cultures-muslim, hindu
- olifactory: doctors learn to smell diabetes, alcoholism and lung abscesses.
- we communicate 60% using body language and only 10% using words.
Masks:
- cool individuals
- class clown
- non participator
- non joiner
Aspects of communication:
- Roads to burial grounds in Ireland tended to run in a north-east south west direction.
- Houses that were built for settlers in Ireland faced south-east.
- Sometimes we play a role unconsciously to different people that we meet in differing roles. The person can change from interaction with parents, teacher and peer groups.
- Isolate-neither chooses or is chosen.
Roles can be Negative or Positive
- Negative: 'i am not doing homework'/'i am not taking part in this'.
- Negativity can create a negative sub-culture within a group.
- The dynamic of a group can be changed in the sub-group that tends to be negative