Demonstrative Communications
According to the research, “non-verbal behaviors account for 65% to 93% of the total meaning of communication (Birdwhistell, 1970; Hickson, Stacks & Moore, 2004; Meharbian, 1981).
Our communication comprises of three components: spoken words, non-verbal and tone of voice. Spoken words that are coming out of our mouth is 7%, non-verbal is 55% that is through body language , gestures and facial expressions and tone of voice is 38% that is the sound. A communication skill involves the three components, so delivering a message to the audience vocally needs to be congruent to the body language and tone of voice to persuade the audience. For example, if someone is asking you a question and you answered it confidently but your body language shows differently, it could send mix messages to the listener. For this mismatch communication, you can lose credibility to your listener. Demonstrative communication is a type of non-verbal communication that deals with different type of communication without words between sender and receiver. Non-verbal communication can be conveyed through but not limited to posture, gesture, facial expressions, tone of voice, eye contact and clothing. Demonstrative communication observes this non-verbal cues in order to tell if the listener is interested, engaged, confused or listening. And as well as if the speaker is confident of the topic he or she is presenting, sense of interest, and a demand from the listener or it could be disinterested, not confident and to present just to get it done.
According to Wood (2007) there are four dimensions to non-verbal communications: it is symbolic, rule guided, may be intentional or non-intentional and it reflects culture. Non-verbal communication is symbolic which can represent the use of body language, gestures, facial expression and sound. Symbolic