Non Verbal Communication Vs Nonverbal Communication

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Nonverbal communication occurs in mediated messages: When we think about communication, we often focus on how we exchange information using words. While verbal communication is important, humans relied on nonverbal communication for thousands of years before we developed the capability to communicate with words. Nonverbal communication is a process of generating meaning using behavior other than words. Rather than thinking of nonverbal communication as the opposite of or as separate from verbal communication, it’s more accurate to view them as operating side by side—as part of the same system.
Body orientation: Positioning yourself away from someone can give that person the message that you really don’t want to talk to them without saying a word. Positioning yourself closer to the person and facing directly towards them shows that person they have your attention.
Posture: Even if you notice or not posture gives any person you’re around a nonverbal message. A person can notice you with your head down and say either his tired or bored. On the other hand, some one can notice you in class sitting straight up and in proper form and say you’re really focused, without saying anything.
Gestures: Gestures are one more form of a nonverbal message that a person gives at times without noticing. When people use hand gestures while talking makes the conversation easy to understand. For example, in a complicated topic I will start to talk but I start to make hand gestures and I will make