Kinesics: The Importance Of Non-Verbal Communication

People speak volumes with the way they act, through looks and the way that they move their bodies. Statistics show that more than two-thirds (2/3) of communication comes from non-verbal actions: kinesics. (Matthews, 18) Whether a person realizes it or not their body language and eye contact – or lack thereof- spoke more than anything their mouths could ever have said. Tiwari breaks non-verbal communication down into separate forms: kinesics – facial expressions, gestures and posture, along with others. He expresses that “no one in this world can survive in isolation,” everyone has to communicate somehow and with someone. (Tiwari, 109) In summary: It is not about what you say or how; it is what you did not say that counts and that people listen too, or read. Kinesics is the languge that the body speaks without any help, intentionally or unintentionally.
Discussion:
Communication, in any part of the world is imperative, according to Tiwari. It is the only tool that creates a “bridge between individuals.” (Tiwari, 109) Communcaiton, according to Tiwari is a means to “transfer information from one person(s) to another person(s).” (Tiwari, 109) …show more content…
(Tiwari, 110) Tiwari goes on to explain the different forms of non-verbal communications as a form of kinesics; and body language, posture and physical gestures(spontaneous and nonspontaneous), hand and eye movements, are just some of the ones that were noted in the paper. There are many more and each are categorized differently according to the area of the body that it pertains to. He discusses Charles Darwins book, “The Expression of the Emotions of Man and Animal,” (1872) along with the relevence it plays in his study of non-verbal messages, the language not spoken by people or