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Nonverbal Codes and Cultural Space



  • Understand how verbal and nonverbal communication differ.
  • Discuss the types of messages that are communicated nonverbally.
  • Identify cultural universals in nonverbal communication.
  • Explain the limitations of some cross-cultural research findings.
  • Define and give an example of cross-cultural differences in proxemics, eye contact, facial expressions, chronemics, and silence.
  • Discuss the relationship between nonverbal communication and power.
  • Define cultural space.
  • Describe how cultural spaces are formed.
  • Explain why it is important to understand cultural spaces in intercultural communication.
  • Understand the differences between the modernist and postmodern views of cultural spaces.







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