2. Definition
• Non verbal communication is all types of
communication that do not involve the
exchange of words.
• Facial expression, clothes, walk, body,
posture, skin color, hair style, touch, distance,
time management,, body language….
3. Proxemics
• Proxemics is the study of physical space in
interpersonal relations.
• The way people use space tell you a lot about
them.
• Basically Proxemics is the study of space and
how we use it, how it makes us feel more or
less comfortable and how we arrange objects
and ourselves in relation to space
4. Different kinds of space
1. Intimate space
2. Personal space
3. Social space
4. Public space
5. 1. Intimate space.
• The zone starts with a personal touch and extent
just to 18 inches.
• Members of family, relatives etc falls in this zone.
• Eg: mother and child relationship.
2. Personal space.
• The zone stretches from 18 inches to 4 feet.
• Your close friends, colleagues etc falls in this group.
• Eg : taking with friends in college, informal talks and
gossips.
6. 3. Social space
• Its take place in this radius of 4 feet to 12 feet.
• In this space, relationship are more official.
• Eg: if you’re probably talking to a colleague or a
customer at work.
4. Public space
• The zone starts from 12 feet and may extend to
30 feet or to range of eyesight and hearing
• Events that take place in the zone.
• Eg : if we are listening to a professor give a
lecture
7. Chronemics.
• Chronemics is the study of how time is used in
communication. Time can be used as a communication
tool in many ways, from punctuality to expectations
around waiting and response time, to general principles
around time management.
• Chronemics has become an area of study primarily for
anthropologists, who look at cultural norms around the
use of time, and the way cultures can vary and converge
around different norms.
8. • More recently, Chronemics appears to be
branching out into other disciplines, such as
the more business oriented study of
organizational behavior.
• A simple example would is, what may
considered as ‘cultural’ norms, in terms of
punctuality or lack thereof. In some cultures
not being punctual is considered rude or even
an insult, whereas in other cultures it is
considered the ‘norm’
