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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Verbal And Non-Verbal Communication
Advantages Disadvantages
 Lack of retention/documentation
 Distortion in passing the message
 No legal validity
 Possibility of misunderstanding
 Unsuitable for long messages
 It is constrained by physical barriers
 Not effective when the target group is spread out
 Immediate feedback
 Better relationships
 Time saving
 Effective tool of persuasion
 Effective tool of group communication
 Economical
 Allows to measure effectiveness immediately
 It’s the only way out during an emergency
oral
verbal communication
 Limited to literature world
 Time consuming
 Lot of paper work
 Needs expertise in expression
 Lack of immediate feedback
 Costly
 More men hours needed
 No immediate clarification
 Ready reference
 Legal defense
 Promotes uniformity
 Mass access
 Suitable for distance communication
 Image building
 Accurate and an ambiguous
 Permanent in nature
 Permits substitution and revision
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1) You can not have long conversation.
2) Can not discuss the particulars of your message
3) Difficult to understand and requires a lot of repetitions.
4) Can not be used as a public tool for communication.
6) Less influential and can not be used everywhere.
7) Not everybody prefers to communicate through non-verbal communication.
8) Can not create an impression upon people/listenersv
1) You can communicate with someone who is hard of hearing of deaf.
2) You can communicate at place where you are supposed to maintain silence.
3) You can communicate something which you don't want others to hear or listen to.
4) You can communicate if you are far away from a person. The person can see but not hear you.
5) Non-verbal communication makes conversation short and brief.
6) You can save on time and use it as a tool to communicate with people who don't understand your language.
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