Understanding Nonverbal Communication

The human body is a primary source of meaning-making with the body conveying over two-thirds of our messages. But how can we understand these physical communicative cues? How are they being expressed and exploited in new media and multimodal online and mobile interaction?<br/><br/>Offering an in-depth guide to help you investigate and understand real and virtual nonverbal communication using semiotic theory this book assumes little previous knowledge of semiotics or linguistics. With in-depth comparative case studies each chapter deals with a traditional aspect of nonverbal communication such as facial expressions touch and gesture before extending the discussion to new media and cyberspace.<br/><br/>Explaining the issues step by step and supported by exercises directed further reading and a glossary of key terms <i>Understanding Nonverbal Communication</i> provides you with all the tools you need to understand how nonverbal communication unfolds in all kinds of contexts and the kinds of messages that it makes possible.