Demonstrative Communication

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Demonstrative Communication

Every day we send and receive messages through communication, but how often do we think about non verbal messages we are sending with our body? According to the nonverbal group, research group for nonverbal communication 93% of all communication is nonverbal. The nonverbal group goes even further to break down that percentage into smaller groups; they have found that 38% communication is through vocal elements and 55% through nonverbal elements (Blake, 2011). This type of communication is called demonstrative communication. Demonstrative communication is defined as “non verbal” (Cheesebro, T., & Connor, L., 2010). There are seven elements that effect nonverbal communication and they are:
Table 1
|Chronemics |Time |
|Proxemics |Physical Distance |
|Oculesics |Eye Contact |
|Kinesics |Body Posture |
|Haptics |Touch |
|Vocalics |Vocal Elements |
|Personal Style |Physical Appearance |

(Cheesebro, T., & Connor, L., 2010)
Nonverbal in the workplace Nonverbal communication is 93% of all communication which is especially true for law enforcement and military personnel when their safety or the public’s safety is on the line. While serving as a United States Marine I was placed into a combat hunter’s course which taught us how to be able to pick the “bad” guy out of a crowd. In the course they taught us how to read body language, facial gestures,