{"id":15820,"date":"2019-07-25T12:39:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T09:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hubgets.com\/blog\/?p=15820"},"modified":"2019-07-25T12:39:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T09:39:04","slug":"nonverbal-communication-digital-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hubgets.com\/blog\/nonverbal-communication-digital-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonverbal Communication In a Digital World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No one can deny the enormous benefits brought by digital communication. However, being able to communicate with people without actually seeing or hearing them has downsides too. We lose the social cues offered by nonverbal communication. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nonverbal communication is possible in the digital world<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We might not always be aware of it, but body language makes up about 55% of communication<\/a>. From facial expressions such as a raised eyebrow, to the direction your foot is pointing while being involved in a dialogue, everything can be a cue that might indicate to the other person how we feel at that exact moment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another 38% of communication is expressed through the tone of our voice, and only 7% through words. This means that digital communication, while fast and convenient, lacks 93% of the signals transmitted through face-to-face communication. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital nonverbal communication <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Even though digital communication is mostly typing down words, there are still some nonverbal components that add context and give out social cues. Let?s dive in and see what those are and how you can use them to communicate more effectively in a digital world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emoticons <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Originating in the early 1980s, emoticons added a new dimension to digital communication. From the simple smiley and sad faces to frowning, raising eyebrows, laughing, or crying, emojis cover a wide range of human emotions, successfully substituting human facial expressions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as in face-to-face situations, more expressive people use emoticons more frequently than less expressive people. Also, women use more emoticons than men, and interestingly enough, the significance of emoticons varies by culture. If for most Americans and Europeans \ud83d\ude42 indicates a smiley face, for Japanese people that would be a ^_^<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emoticons are such a valuable form of nonverbal communication that different teams of neuroscientists have studied<\/a> the reactions they trigger in the human brain. All studies came to pretty much the same conclusion: emoticons triggered strong activity in the brain area connected to processing emotions, even though they would trigger no response in the brain area connected to recognizing human faces. In other words, people are able to read<\/em> the emotions conveyed by emoticons while being aware of the fact that they do not represent real human faces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n