Sociology, communication, styles. --- .This section is about styles of communication. Topics include: ( ) Nonverbal. --- 1/24/2006
Sociology, communication, styles. --- (1) Clams: won't reveal or acknowledge anything. (2) Verbal diarrhea: won't shut up. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- (1) Communication tightwads: never communicate. (2) Communication hogs: take only. (3) Communication flooders: give only. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- (1) Expressive or not expressive. (2) Directed vs. wandering, tangential, drifting. (3) Critical vs. noncritical. (4) Combative, litigious vs. non-combative. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- (1) Some individuals and societies never say outright what they think and feel. They hedge and hint (repress) out of politeness, fear, or caginess. Other individuals and societies respect forthrightness in communication. (2) Some individuals and societies are quiet, others are talkative. --- 08/15/1994
Sociology, communication, styles. --- (1) Those who communicate much and expect much. (2) Those who communicate little and expect little. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- (1) Will volunteer true information. (2) Will answer questions truthfully. (3) Will not do "1". (4) Will not do "2". (5) Will volunteer lies. (6) Will answer with lies. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Business communication: linear, goal oriented, unemotional, secrets and lies, pre-planned, exact, bland. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Humorous, playful, tangential, dialogical (questioning), vs. linear and monologueic. The former is better than the latter. --- 08/16/1993
Sociology, communication, styles. --- If you're perceptive you pick up a lot. If you're expressive you put out a lot. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Nonverbal communication. Posture, gestures, face, clothes. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Nonverbal. (1) Body positon forced by situation. (2) Attempted (the battle for body position). (3) Chosen body position. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Nonverbal. (1) Expressionistic. (2) Unexpressionistic. (A) Conscious: to hide. (B) Unconscious: unemotional or just not expressive. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Nonverbal. (1) Face: poker face, game face, stone faced. (2) Eyes: direct contact vs. looking away (up, down, beyond). Lids open: fear, surprise, innocence, acceptance, passivity. Lids closed: aggressiveness, protection. Brows up: confusion, surrender, openness, acceptance. Brows down: anger, aggression, protection, confusion. (3) Mouth shape: smile, frown. (4) Standing: erect, slouched, leaning. Sitting: slouched vs. ramrod. (5) Distance of speakers: close, far. Angle of speakers: face to face, turned away. (6) Height of speakers: equal, higher or lower. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Nonverbal. Acting natural and relaxed vs. acting artificial, tense and self conscious. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Nonverbal. Body language: unconscious (honest), conscious (acting/lying). --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Nonverbal. Mouth. (1) Lips. Parted: acceptance, passivity, want, woman (kiss me), kid (feed me). Closed: aggression, protection. (2) Teeth. Unbared. Bared: snarl, sneer. (3) Jaw: relaxed, clenched. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Nonverbal. Movements/gestures and possible meanings. (1) Fu*k you: the finger, the arm. (2) Crazy/loco gestures: touched in head, cuckoo. (3) Impatience/boredom: tapping foot, tapping fingers, yawn, roll eyes up, dancing. (4) Head down: submissiveness, weakness, old age. (5) Head up: confidence, independence. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Nonverbal. Postures. (1) Male prototype: hips forward, hands near hips. (2) Female prototype: breasts out, ass out. Hands over head or back. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Nonverbal. Proxemics. How close vs. far away. Lean in vs. lean back. Face to face vs. side by side. --- 5/30/1998
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Nonverbal. Which positions or movements are usually interpreted by modern american society as being a symbol of, or revealing the trait of what. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Three styles of communication (1) Emotional language vs. thought language. (2) Artistic language (figurative) vs. technical (exact) language. (3) Concrete language vs. abstract language. --- 9/21/1998
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Types and strengths and weaknesses of each. (1) Unemotional vs. over-emotional. (2) Expressionistic. (3) Direct vs. indirect. (4) Game players, bush beaters, ramblers, Japanese yes men. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Types of communication. (1) Personal communication. (A) Talking about self. (B) Talking to self. (2) Social communication. (A) Talking about other people. (B) Talking to other people. --- 5/6/2003
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Types of communication. Interpersonal communication, mass communication. Verbal vs. non-verbal. Public speaking, public opining. Propaganda, persuasion. Spontaneous vs. prepared. Formal vs. informal. Effective vs. ineffective. Healthy vs. unhealthy. Hot and fast communication vs. languid and slow and cool communication. Information vs. entertainment. One way vs. two way. Prepared vs. unprepared, spontaneous and off the cuff. Statements, questions, commands. Giving information, finding out information, verifying information. Thoughts and emotions. Warn, invite, persuade. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Types of communication. Truthful vs. lying. Malicious vs. not. --- 5/6/2003
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Types. Four types of communication. I.e., four types of languages. (1) Women talking to women. Delicate. (2) Women talking to men. Trying to be one of the boys. (3) Men talking to women. Trying to be polite. (4) Men talking to men. Swearing, bragging, tough talk. --- 1/15/1999
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Types. Like to vs. forced to. Time takes you to vs. how much time you got to. How well you do it. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, communication, styles. --- Types. Private musings and public pronouncements. Mistake of a private musing in a public pronoucement. Mistake of a public announements during a private musing. --- 06/30/1993