Media Convergence, Which Is Made Possible By The Convergence Of Telecommunications

Abstract

Nonverbal communication is powerful. It strengthens, weakens or entirely contradicts verbal messages. It is an indispensable
part of interpersonal psychology, and perhaps more essential in human communication than it is generally recognized. Goleman (2006) informs that human brains subliminally read the emotional aspect of what we perceive, for instance, elation in someone’s tone of voice, a hint of anger around the eyes and a posture of glum defeat, and process the derived information, beneath the reach of conscious awareness. He goes on to reveal that the reflexive, unconscious awareness signals that emotion by priming the same feeling or a reaction to it (p.16). It follows that there is a connection between nonverbal through interpersonal communication and subliminal communications. In spite of their enormous importance, the subtle nonverbal and subliminal messages are often overlooked in development scholarship. Fowles (1977) observes that whereas the British mean far more than they say, the Americans say far more than they do mean; people appreciate work well done in the nonverbal
mode. He goes on to inform that people who are competent at reading others’ nonverbal messages are termed to be “intuitive”, while those who send more verbal messages are categorized “expressive”. Sometimes, it is possible to use nonverbal communication such as a complex dance of eye contact, head movement, preliminary gesturing, vocalized-throat clearing, etc
to initiate verbal interactions. Thus, it is apposite to infer that the development and maintenance of intimate relationships
needed to believe shared information among individuals are dependent on their shared nonverbal cues.