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DR.
E.
PLUMMER |
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office:
Fahy Hall - 51
{Communication
& the Arts department office:
Fahy 49} |
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phone:
973-275-2791
{dept phone: 973-761-9474} |
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e-mail:
evelyn.plummer@shu.edu
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plummeev@shu.edu |
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mailbox:
in FH-49
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Course Description:
prerequisite: COST1600 or
COST1500
This course examines theories, principles and implications concerning the
many important ways by which humans communicate personally and professionally
without words (including such channels as space [proxemics], movement
[kinesics], vocal tone [paralanguage], time [chronemics] etc.).
Knowledge and skills will be enhanced through readings, lecture/discussion,
projects, and various experiential
learning techniques.
Rationale:
Virtually all communication studies courses reference nonverbal
communication channels. This course will provide deeper understanding as well as
skill development in the various ways that humans use a wide variety of non-word
based channels for accomplishing meaningful interaction. In fact, those
nonverbal channels often influence interpretation of the communicative act to a
greater degree than the words. As a communication studies elective, this course
also satisfies program requirements for Communication and Business majors.
Required Text:
Nonverbal
Communication in Human Interaction, 7th Edition
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Mark L. Knapp & Judith A. Hall. Cengage.
Course Goals:
1. To introduce the various “channels” by which communication occurs
without using words
2. To understand the means and techniques of nonverbal research
3. To increase awareness of key factors affecting the nonverbal process,
such as culture, environment, social roles, perception process, and language
4. To develop greater proficiency in perceiving, adapting to, and
applying the nonverbal dimension of communication
Course Learning
Objectives/Outcomes:
1. To be able to identify the presence of nonverbal cues in all contexts
of human communication.
2. To engage in various experiential activities in order to understand
and appreciate methods used to investigate nonverbal communication.
3. To develop awareness of the current ways in which nonverbal dynamics are recognized and applied in the world around us -- both implicitly and explicitly.
4. To increase personal competence in perceiving, analyzing, and using
nonverbal cues in the
enactment of human communication
Assignments:
> Primary reading assignments listed above in calendar. Additional readings T.B.A. All readings support objectives-outcomes #_1 & 3_
>“Insight Portfolio”
(6 entry minimum) – supports
objectives-outcomes #_1_
> Group field research project – supports objectives-outcomes #_2_
> 2-3 brief oral presentations – supports
objectives-outcomes #_4_
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> Group Research Projects [including the Oral Presentation]-[ group receives core grade, adjustable according to individual’s submissions] |
25% |
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> "Classwork" [including Homework / Attendance / Participation in additional class exercises / Individual Mini-Presentations] |
25% |
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> Insight Portfolio [ 6-8 brief observation analysis papers] |
15% |
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> Written Exams (2 scheduled) & online quizzes (3-4 scheduled) |
35% |
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There will be few (IF ANY) opportunities for make-up work, and late
submissions may not be read. |
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Course Procedures & Expectations:
•
Also refer to these
additional relevant documents linked to the professor's main webpage:
(concerning
plagiarism (Academic Integrity),
grading criteria,
source
citations style sheet,
commonly used
abbreviations; etc.)
4. Completion of the
“Insight Portfolio”
(individual
assignment)
and ”Field Research Project &
Presentation”
(group
assignment);
2-3 brief oral presentations
Overviews and
Information
sheets will be available via online syllabus
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Statement
on Disability Support Services
It is
the policy and practice of
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Course Content
NB: topical sequence is organized conceptually, not according
to the layout of any particular text/reading.
Week 1: [8/27 & 8/29] Foundations and Definitions of the Nonverbal – much more than “body language!” (comparison / contrast/ coordination with verbal cues) (Performative channels and cues);
Chapter 1
Week 2: [___, 9/5] Operational Principles: culture-specific/sensitive; rules-driven; context-specific/sensitive; multi-channelled ; NV outweighs V [actions do speak louder!]; perception process (intentionality vs. out-of-awareness) ;
► for 9/5 be prepared to talk about your weekend observations & how they did/did not correspond to the 5 research approaches in Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Week 3: [9/10 & 9/12-Classes cancelled Weds: noon-1:00] Functions and Functioning: metacommunication, effects on personal and professional relationships [immediacy, dominance] ; gender and social roles; communicating emotions; feelings and attitudes; signs and semiotics; business world influences:
► conduct MiniFieldStudy: Environments( incl. Chapter 4)
Chapter 3
Week 4: [9/17 & 19] Culture is Communication: high/low context; world view theories
► for 9/17 be prepared to report on the results of your :Mini Field Study Observations which were assigned on 9/12
► Online Quiz #1 will be available in Blackboard 9/18-9/21
The Silent Language
( E.T. Hall)
on ereserve: "Time Talks" & Space Speaks" ;
skim Chapter 4
Week 5:
[9/24 & 9/26]
Prime
Channels – part 1
(space [proxemics]—including
territoriality, zones of interaction, environment., location & power positions )
Chapter 5
Week 6:
[10/1 & 10/3]
Prime
Channels – part 2 (movement [kinesics]—including
gaze/eye contact, facial expression, gestures, posture, stance)
► for 10/3, be prepared to submit your 2 choices for the "(almost) 360 degrees of Kinesics" assignment.
Chapter 7 & 9
& 10
Week 7: [___ , 10/10] Prime Channels – part 2continued: (movement [kinesics]
Chapters 6 & 11;
Week 8:
[10/15 & 10/17]
Prime
Channels – part 2complete: (movement
[kinesics]
appearance—including
attractiveness norms
► Online Quiz #2 will be available in Blackboard 10/17 - 10/20
Week 9: [10/22 & 10/24] Midterm Exam <click for Study information: including ADVANCE questions & entry +intro stmt from your Insight Portfolio; Prime Channels – part 4 (smell [olfactics]; time [chronemics]; touch [haptics] ); environment expanded -- including color, lighting, sound/music, temperature [ mini- ethnography!]); <these items rescheduled to week 10
Chapters 8*;
Week 10: [10/29 & 10/31 <"classes cancelled due to storm"] all of the following items to be rescheduled/incorporated below: Prime Channels – part 5 (environment revisited {everyday applications}; semiotics {signs & symbols}); Personal Skill building (perception checking for greater accuracy ) (field research) (self-awareness); Initial planning for group field research —preliminary investigation plans
Chapter 12
► Group Field Research Project
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Week 11:
[11/5 & 11/7]
Observational Analysis exercises –
Interpersonal contexts: at home and at work
Chapter 12 review
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Week 12:
[11/12 & 11/14]
Observational
Analysis exercises – Interpersonal contexts, cont.
Observational Analysis exercises – Media contexts; " Making the Sale"
Chapter 13
Week 13: [11/19 , ____ ] Contemporary applications & challenges ( Facebook/Twitter, email, Skype) ; Begin Ethnography debriefs
► Online Quiz #3 will be available in Blackboard 11/19- 11/23
Chapter 13 review
Week 14: [11/26 & 11/28] Lightning Round application of Chaps 12 & 13: "Meet The Elliots";
Research Findings- begin group workshop presentations [Group Z: 11/28]
Week 15: [12/3 & 12/5] Research Findings- group workshop presentations [Groups X[12/5] & Y[12/3]
Come in with an open mind
Week 16: [12/10, ____] Research Findings- group workshop presentations [Group W[12/10]
► for 12/10 - Final Insight Portfolio due for submission
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Additional Required
Birdwhistell, R. (1970). Kinesics and Context.
Pennsylvania
Press.[also
Goffman,
Erving. (1967). Interaction Rituals: Essays on Face-to-Face Interaction.
Garden City, NY:
Doubleday.
Hall,
E.T. (1959). The silent language. Garden City,
Hall.
E.T. (1966). The hidden dimension. Garden City,
Hall,
E.T. (1977). Beyond culture.
Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday.
Mehrabian, A. (1972). Nonverbal Communication.
Scheflen , A.E. (1973).
How behavior means.
1974.
Course
Bibliography –
Many articles and books from a variety of
disciplines have addressed the various nonverbal channels and their functional
implications. When searching in this area, try using the keyword terms in the
section above and you are more likely to be successful if using social sciences
databases ( e.g. anthropology, sociology, psychology).
Below are listed some of the key, seminal items written on the subject as
well as a few useful websites.
Bavelas,
J. B., & Chovil, N. (2006). Nonverbal and verbal communication: Hand
gestures and
facial displays as part of language use in face-to-face dialogue. In
V. Manusov & M.
L. Patterson ( Eds.), The Sage handbook of nonverbal
communication.
Beattie, G. (2004). Visible thought: The new psychology of body language. New
Birdwhistell, R. (1970). Kinesics and Context.
Pennsylvania
Press.[also
Communication Currents [www.CommunicationCurrents.com] (search through archives),
site sponsored by
the National Communication Association.[www.natcom.org].
DePaulo,
P. J. (1992). Applications of nonverbal behavior research in marketing and
management. In R. S.
Feldman (Ed.), Applications of nonverbal behavioral
theories and research.
Ekman,
P. & Friesen, W.V. (1969).The
repertoire of nonverbal behavior
categories: origins,
usage, and coding. Semiotica, 1,
49-98.
Ekman,
P. & Friesen, W.V. (1971).
Constants across cultures in the face and
emotion.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 17: 124-9.
Exploring Nonverbal Communication [http://nonverbal.ucsc.edu/index.html
] site
sponsored by
Dane
Archer, Professor at the
Cruz.
Fast,
Julius.(1970). Body Language.
Goethals, G. R. (2005). Nonverbal behavior and political leadership. In R. E.
Riggio
and R. S.
Feldman (Eds.), Applications of nonverbal behavior (pp. 97–115),
Goffman, Erving. (1967). Interaction rituals: Essays on face-to-face interaction. Garden City,
NY: Doubleday.
Goffman,
Erving. (19
Hall,
E.T. (1959). The silent language. Garden City,
Hall.
E.T. (1966). The hidden dimension. Garden City,
Hall,
E.T. (1977). Beyond culture.
Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday.
Hall, E.T.(1983) The dance
of life.
Garden City, NY:
Anchor Press/Doubleday
Hymes, D. (1972). Models of the interaction of language and social life. In John J. Gumperz
and D. Hymes (Eds.), Directions in sociolinguistics: The ethnography of communication
(pp. 35-71), New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
Kendon, A. (1967). Some functions of Gaze-Direction in Social Interaction, Acta
Psychologica,
(26)
Kendon, A., Harris, R. M., & Key, M. R. (Eds.). (1975). Organization of behavior
in
face-to-face
interaction.
Jones, S., & LeBaron, C. D. (Eds.). (2002). Special issue: Research on the
relationship
between verbal and nonverbal communication. Journal of
Communication,
52.
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COURSE TEXT
- Knapp, M. L. & Hall, J.A. Nonverbal Communication in Human
Interaction.
Leathers, D.G. (1998). Successful nonverbal communications and applications.
Mehrabian, A. (1972). Nonverbal Communication.
Mehrabian, A. (1981). Silent messages (2nd ed.).
Montague, A. (1978). Touching: the human significance of the skin.
Harper & Row.
Nonverbal Communication
www.mhhe.com/socscience/speech/commcentral/mgnonverbal.html
site
sponsored by
McGraw Hill Publishers, NY.
Scheflen
, A.E. (1972). Body language and
social order: Communication as
behavioral
control.
Scheflen
, A.E. (1973).
How behavior means.
1974.
Schwarz,
N., & Kurz, E. (1989). What’s in a picture? The impact of faceism on trait
attribution. European Journal of
Social Psychology, 19, 311– 316.
