Before a movie plays on a movie theater screen there is a message about turning off your cell phones before the movie to be courteous to everyone. This is proof of how there are many rules that are in communication, such as not being on your cell phone during a movie. Communication has rules that govern our everyday lives more than others believe and breaking them will inevitably create reactions regardless of the rules broken. For this communication exercise I chose three nonverbal and three verbal rules to break, some implicit and some explicit. Through this paper I will be discussing what nonverbal rules I broke, what verbal rules I broke, the difference between verbal and nonverbal communication, whether context impacts the meaning of the
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The verbal rules that I broke include pronunciation, inside jokes, and talking loudly. I waited until I saw those in my experiment during the same day before completing two of the three experiments. I began by breaking a phonological rule of language by mispronouncing the names Danika, Rosanne, and Jennifer. During that day I also broke a pragmatic rule of language by telling inside jokes from other relationships to those not in the relationship. The last rule I broke was at the grocery store with my household. While at the grocery store I broke the rule of talking at an appropriate volume by speaking far too loudly in a public space. Verbal and nonverbal communications all form a variety of …show more content…
Everyone who was a part of my experiment all formed impressions of me based off of the way I was breaking the rules. This was an interesting experiment to see how differently people would act to different rules being broken that are followed without question daily. Through this experiment, it became apparent that communication has rules that govern our everyday lives more than others believe and breaking them will inevitably create reactions regardless of the rules broken. The next time I want to challenge others I will break a verbal or nonverbal rule and see how they
The verbal rules that I broke include pronunciation, inside jokes, and talking loudly. I waited until I saw those in my experiment during the same day before completing two of the three experiments. I began by breaking a phonological rule of language by mispronouncing the names Danika, Rosanne, and Jennifer. During that day I also broke a pragmatic rule of language by telling inside jokes from other relationships to those not in the relationship. The last rule I broke was at the grocery store with my household. While at the grocery store I broke the rule of talking at an appropriate volume by speaking far too loudly in a public space. Verbal and nonverbal communications all form a variety of …show more content…
Everyone who was a part of my experiment all formed impressions of me based off of the way I was breaking the rules. This was an interesting experiment to see how differently people would act to different rules being broken that are followed without question daily. Through this experiment, it became apparent that communication has rules that govern our everyday lives more than others believe and breaking them will inevitably create reactions regardless of the rules broken. The next time I want to challenge others I will break a verbal or nonverbal rule and see how they