Non-verbal communication is the ability to interact with an individual or more without the usage of words and is used to send out a message through the usage of various signals and symbols. This method of communication is misleading to an extant since one cannot always interpret the real message which is trying to be conveyed. In this essay, the movie Mean Girls, will be examined and explained through the usage of the 8 non-verbal communication methods.
Kinesics
Kinesics is the study of physical, body motion communication (Angelopulo & Steinberg, 2015:92). The ability to portray how you are feeling through the usage of body movements, for instance when you are feeling sombre and you slouch while walking while dragging your limbs to portray how you are feeling. In the movie Mean Girls, Cady was about to cross the street to go to her new …show more content…
Touch is used as a sense to interpret a clear meaning, for instance when someone is in mourning and you gently touch them on their shoulder to convey a sense of closure towards them. Haptics is used in this movie when Regina brushes Aaron’s hair in order to show her affection for him whilst also trying to make Cady jealous. Another example of haptics is portrayed in this movie when Regina held Aaron’s jaw when she was about to kiss him in front of Cady at the Halloween party which depicted Regina’s feelings towards Aaron. During the Halloween party when Janice and Damian were watching a horror film and Cady unexpectedly walked in, Janice and Damian got a huge freight and the results thereof was them holding each other tightly as they were both seeking shelter and protection from each other. When Regina sent Gretchen to talk to Cady, in the school’s hallway on her behalf, Gretchen hugged Cady and said that it was from Regina and that showed the intimacy of their friendship and how they showed each other affection through the usage of
Kinesics
Kinesics is the study of physical, body motion communication (Angelopulo & Steinberg, 2015:92). The ability to portray how you are feeling through the usage of body movements, for instance when you are feeling sombre and you slouch while walking while dragging your limbs to portray how you are feeling. In the movie Mean Girls, Cady was about to cross the street to go to her new …show more content…
Touch is used as a sense to interpret a clear meaning, for instance when someone is in mourning and you gently touch them on their shoulder to convey a sense of closure towards them. Haptics is used in this movie when Regina brushes Aaron’s hair in order to show her affection for him whilst also trying to make Cady jealous. Another example of haptics is portrayed in this movie when Regina held Aaron’s jaw when she was about to kiss him in front of Cady at the Halloween party which depicted Regina’s feelings towards Aaron. During the Halloween party when Janice and Damian were watching a horror film and Cady unexpectedly walked in, Janice and Damian got a huge freight and the results thereof was them holding each other tightly as they were both seeking shelter and protection from each other. When Regina sent Gretchen to talk to Cady, in the school’s hallway on her behalf, Gretchen hugged Cady and said that it was from Regina and that showed the intimacy of their friendship and how they showed each other affection through the usage of