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What are the advantages of nonverbal communication

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Question added by BONNY AGUMA
Date Posted: 2015/10/08
Mohsin shaikh
by Mohsin shaikh , BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER , NEW TAJ BATTERY AUTO ELECTRICLAS

IT MOTIVATES CUSTOMERS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.IT GRABS THE ATTENTENTION TO GET THINGS CLEAR.

What are the advantages of nonverbal communication

Help to illiterate people,help to handicapped people,attractive presentation,quick expression of message,complementary,easy presentation,substituting

Ajith Babu
by Ajith Babu , accounting staff , ntpc

 In essence, this underscores the importance of non-verbal communication. Non-verbal communication is especially significant in intercultural situations. Researches in communication suggest that many more feelings and intentions are sent and received non-verbally than verbally. Meharabian and wiener following suggested that only7 % of message is sent through words, with remaining% sent non-verbal expressions (depending on author, verbal part goes up to%). It has multiple advantages or functions:

  1. Complementary: Non-verbal cues complement a verbal message by adding to its meaning. You can pat someone you offended at the back as you say sorry to him or her.
  2. Easy presentation: Information can be easily presented in non-verbal communication through using visual, audio-visual and silent means of non-verbal communication.
  3. Substituting: Non-verbal message may substitute for the verbal message especially if it is blocked by noise, interruption, long distance etc. for example: gestures-finger to lips to indicate need for quite, facial expressions- a nod instead of a yes.
  4. Accenting: Often used to accent a verbal message. Verbal tone indicates the actual meaning of the specific words.
  5. Repeat: Used to repeat the verbal message (e.g. point in a direction while stating directions.)
  6. Help to illiterate people: This type of communication use gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, proximity, touching etc. and without using any spoken or written word. So, it is very much helpful for illiterate people.
  7. Help to handicapped people: Non-verbal cues of communication greatly help in handicapped people especially to deaf people. Deaf people are exchange message through the movements of hands, fingers, eye ball etc.
  8. Attractive presentation: Non-verbal communication is based on visual, picture, graph, sign etc. that can be seen very much attractive.
  9. Reducing wastage of time: The message of non-verbal communication reached the receiver very fast. For this reason it reduces the wastage of valuable time of the communicator.
  10. Quick expression of message: Non-verbal cues of communication like sign and symbol can also communicate some messages very quickly than written or oral messages.

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