I decided to watch an episode of Gilmore Girls, which is a
show about a young single mother and her teenage daughter building a
relationship living in a small town called Stars Hollow. Watching the show without sounds showed nonverbal
communication through their facial expression and/or body language. The facial expressions
were show through their smiles, laughing for happiness, and even crying for
sadness. Their body languages were shown
through the mom and daughter hugging each other while the daughter was crying which
showed me that mom was consoling her daughter.
Watching the show again with the sound on, the smiles and laughing were
the signs of happiness. The crying was
sadness because her daughter had a boyfriend and he broke up with her and mom
was consoling her and telling her that if it was meant to be then it will
be. This episode was a life lesson of a
young girl who experienced her first break up from her first love and mom was there
to help her daughter through it.
Watching this show without sound has taught me to be more open and watch
for nonverbal communication cues. I plan
on watching more shows without sound to learn more about nonverbal
communication cues and try to figure out what the characters are trying to
convey and meaning.
Hi Nina,
ReplyDeleteWatching a show with the sound off helped me to be very cognizant of facial expressions and body movements and gestures. I thought I was pretty accurate in my assumptions about the relationship of the character by watching the nonverbal behavior. However, it is also important to use these behaviors as cues and additionally engage in other forms of effective communication to understand the whole situation.
It sounds as if you were able to take a lot of valuable information away from this experience. Watching this show on a verbal and non verbal level allowed you to understand the importance of nonverbal communication. I agree that nonverbal communication is extremely important when understanding interactions. They can tell a lot about a situation, although verbal communication also plays a major part.
ReplyDeleteOne of the things that I discovered through doing this activity was that I was very aware of what was going on throughout the episode. Without the sound, I had to actually watch and pay attention to the show. Sometimes when there is sound on, I'll only listen to the verbal communication, missing out on the nonverbal skills. Watching for the nonverbal skills gave me a different perspective on communication, and it sounds like you learned a lot too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing,
Erin
It was a very interesting experience watching a program and actually paying attention to what the characters were doing and how they were interacting with each other. I am so used to multitasking when I watch t.v. that I miss the little nuances that actually enhance what is happening. It was a great lesson to learn.
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