Human communication in Art

there are 2 pictures. one is a picture of mona lisa smoking a blunt. this was made as a mockery of her artist. the other is a picture of a monkey mimicking the zoo keeper.

mirror nuerons and human comm

quotes regarding human communication

Abraham Lincoln:
When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.



Adrienne Rich:
Lying is done with words and also with silence.



Alvin Toffler:
In describing today's accelerating changes, the media fire blips of unrelated information at us. Experts bury us under mountains of narrowly specialized monographs. Popular forecasters present lists of unrelated trends, without any model to show us their interconnections or the forces likely to reverse them. As a result, change itself comes to be seen as anarchic, even lunatic.



Ambrose Bierce:
Heaven, n.: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound your own.

The Devil's Dictionary

communication through social sites.(pictures)

by using websites such as facebook,and friendster and msn it can be seen that people,more often girls tend to upload many pics of themself to attract the opposite sex....the pictures that are uploaded are sometimes photoshopped.by doing this it makes the person feel confident of themself and allows them to communicate more freely without having a fear... the picture below is an example of a picture used by one of my friends in her facebook account which has been heavily photoshopped...

Art

Art can sometime express our own feelings too. In this piece of art, this artist is trying to express anger.

a punch

a punch as a result of anger is a form of communication that shows the anger of the person..

Facebook

wwww.facebook.com is a website which is used by people to express feelings.........sometimes people express their feelings in a form of shoutout...others can view this and communicate by sending comments....by doing this communication can occur

Miscommunication

This cartoon shows miscommunication. The person in the swimming pool is drowning. He needs someone to save him but the other guy gives him a soap instead. The old man thought he is bathing and needed a soap.

WHY CAN'T THE REST OF THE WORLD GET ALONG?

The lesson for whole mankind!


 PORK CHOPS

In a zoo in California , a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs.. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, they died shortly after birth.. 



The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cub's, perhaps she would improve. 



After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species, will take on the care of a different species. The only 'orphans' that could be found quickly, were a litter of weanling pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger. 

Would they become cubs or pork chops?? 


Now, please tell me one more time...? why can't the rest of the world get along???

REASONS FOR CONFLICT OR DISAGREEMENT

1. Lack of Clarity - the communication between parties is missing information or the information is not being communicated in a consistant manner.

all of us different people,and we communicate our thoughts in a different manner, we may use different meanings for the words. sometimes we make assumptions and add meaning to things we heard, all this can result in miscommunication and may lead to the conflict.

2. Position Focus - the parties involved have already each decided on their own solution and are failing to discuss the problem those solutions are addressing.

if we think that our opinion or our arguments are the only right ones, we may fail to communicate effectively. we get stubborn and do not want to listen to another opinion or another point of view , that contradicts with ours

3. Different Values - the parties are unable to agree because they are holding different sets of values but not articulating those values as part of the discussion.

all of us have different live experience, set of perceptions and values, that may differ with other people's life views, and when they clash conflict occurs .if we fail to understand differences between ourselves and our opponents we are not going to come to any effective resolutions.

4. Past History/Personalities - the parties have a previous unresolved conflict that is negatively affecting their ability to work together.

this reason explains importance of resolving conflicts once we face them, because it may affect our future relationships with the person and negatively affect our work life, love life and friendship.

retrieved from : http://www.agileadvice.com/archives/2005/05/reasons_for_con.html

trust and dishonesty

Failed marriages are mostly cost of dishonesty and lack of trust between spouses.

wrong word

Sometimes when miscommunication happen due to similarity of two words with two different meaning, so we should be careful and emphasize on the right word or phrase

Gender Differences in Communication

                       Men and women may become friends, get married or work together but at the same time our communication styles are quiet different, I believe its because our view on the world around us is different We may get into arguments over the issues that isn't even there because we see things differently and put accents on different words or phrases. Listed below are some differences between  man and womens way of seeing things and handling communication

                                                             Women

Seek out relationships with others
Relate to others as equals
Prefer interdependency, collaboration, coordination and cooperation
Make decisions based on mutual agreement
Desire closeness, togetherness and affinity
Care for the approval of peers
express themselves more in private
Are more open to share problems
Tend to focus on details of emotions
More concerned with feelings
May mix personal and business talk
Tend to ask for help, advice and directions
Offer sympathy
Display empathy
Desire to understand problems
Tend to take a more sober look at challenges
Men
Tend to seek standing and position
Relate to others as rivals
Tend toward independence and autonomy
Choose or resolve by force, persuasion or majority rule
Desires space
Tend to seek the respect of their peers
Express themselves more in public
Keep concerns to themselves
Tend to focus on the details of fact
Often will not ask for advice, help or directions
Freely offer advice and analysis
Are problem solvers
Tend to look at challenges as a game unless life and death is at stake

retrieved from : http://www.speechmastery.com/gender-differences-in-communication.html

Racism

Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another, that a person’s social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics. Racial separatism is the belief, most of the time based on racism, that different races should remain segregated and apart from one another. -from 'http://www.adl.org/hate-patrol/racism.asp'

Ageism

The video is from 'Home Alone' it is about a boy who is forgotten by his family and left at home by accident while his family went on a vacation. This part of the video shows ageism when most of his family doesn't believe what he says and punish him for no reason.

OK sigh

Touching the thumb and index finger to suggest a circle, with the other fingers on the hand fanned out, indicates that everything is okay in the United States.
In Brazil, Germany, and Russia, however, it indicates a very private orifice and is an insult.
In Japan, the sign indicates that you want change. Use this gesture if you want a cashier in a store to give your change in coins.
In France, it is an insult. It denotes the number zero or the concept of something being worthless. When placed over the nose, it means “drunk.”
from this article we can see the importance of understanding the cultural differences in non verbal gestures. even such common gesture as "OK" sign  has different meanings as we travel around the world. Unfortunately, a lot of misunderstanding occurs because we are not aware of this kind of cultural differences.

retrieved from : http://irreference.com/gestures-to-avoid-the-ok-sign/

What i want to hear

This is what usually happens in most marriages. sometimes our partner, misunderstand the message given or hear what we want to hear.

miscommunication

This picture shows a serious human communication, when we misinterpret signals or messages.

HOW IS ONLINE COMMUNICATION DIFFERENT ?

 Nowadays you can hardly find a person who owns computer and doesn't communicate online. All those social networks such as Facebook, Friendster, Orcut  , instant messengers such as MSN, ICQ, QIP  has millions of users all over the world. It is great to be able to communicate in real time with people who are miles away, be able to keep in touch with friends and family members who moved to another country , and just make new friends in different parts of the world. But do we understand that there is some aspects of online communication that are not seem to be a part face-to-face  communication?

There is some examples:

***Many shy people find it easy to express themselves online. Typing on your own computer doesn't feel like a social situation. There is less anxiety than there might be in a face-to-face situation. Physical attractiveness is also less important online. This is the probably the basis of the famous cartoon where one dog is showing the internet to another dog, saying "On the internet nobody knows you're a dog."
***Sex is often easier to discuss than it is in a face-to-face situation. This can lead to increased online flirting in otherwise platonic relationships.
***The lack of nonverbal cues and tone-of-voice sometimes result in miscommunication. "Flame wars" often result from an online post which was intended to be taken lightly or humorously but was taken seriously or critically. The liberal use of smiley faces ";-)" to connote that a statement is meant humorously helps a little, but it may not be enough to prevent a flame war.
***The Internet is the great equalizer. A high school student can correspond with a Nobel Prize winner on an equal footing on the net. Behavior Online is a good example of this principle. Mental health professionals and others can interact online with some of the most prominent clinicians and researchers in the field.
***Gender switching and pseudonyms are fairly common. Online chat rooms are full of people who are identified only by a nickname. On the Internet you can pretend to be anyone or anything you want to be. An analogy might be a Halloween costume party. In costume people are often brasher and more outspoken than they would normally.
 retrieved from  http://mentalhealth.about.com/cs/computerstuff/a/onlinecom.htm

COMMUNICATION PROCESS

When we talking about communication in our daily life , we don't really think about its mechanism...for us communication is something that happens naturally, something that we used to, however, it is important to know what communication is all about .

Communication is a process and as such contains many elements susceptible of defect. Here are the elements of the communication process .

• A message: what need to be communicated
• A messenger: the person who has something to communicate
• A receiver: the person who will receive the message
• Encoding: verbal and non-verbal convention of communication
• Decoding: reading by the receiver of the encoding done by the messenger
• Channel: the means of communication

This process works as follows: The messenger has something to communicate, a message. This message has an intent. The messenger will encode his message with words, behaviour and body language that he senses will help him to best communicate this message according to his intent. The message will go through a channel, a means of communication such as e-mail, face to face or phone conversation, letter, presentation. The receiver will then decode the message using conventions, cultural or contextual background, and language skills. The message he receives might or might not meet the intent of the messenger
retrieved from : http://soft-skills-development.suite101.com/article.cfm/communication_model

Extroverts.

Extroverts tend to:

Share their energy, excitement, and enthusiasm with almost anyone in the vicinity.

Respond quickly to questions and outward events.

Share personal information easily.

Communicate one to one or in groups with equal ease and enjoyment.

Think out loud, interacting with others, and, in the process, reach their conclusions. In addition they often don’t give others a chance to speak and don’t always attach tremendous meaning to what they say.

Prefer face-to-face, oral communication over written communication.

I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. Robert McCloskey

Here are the differences between introverts and extroverts.

Introverts

How Introverts Communicate

In The Introvert Advantage, Dr Laney says that introverts tend to:

• Keep energy, enthusiasm and excitement to themselves. Introverts hesitate before sharing personal information.
• Need time to think before they respond. Introverts need time to reflect before reacting.
• Prefer communicating one to one. People with introverted personality traits don’t like parties and groups as much as extroverts do.
• May occasionally think they told you something they didn’t, because they’re “always going over things in their head.”
• Need to be invited to speak or be drawn out. Introverts tend to prefer written over verbal communication.

In this article, it is important how different people interpret and understand different situations.

debate competition

Debate is a formal method of interactive and representational argument. In a formal debate competition, there are rules for people to discuss and decide on the differences, within a framework defining how they will interact. --from wikipedia

facial expressions in communication

Facial expressions are feelings or emotions we show on our face. There are seven recognized emotions that are shown through facial expressions such as fear, anger, happy, sad, surprise,contempt, and disgust. When we show some of these facial expressions, people would know what we are feeling.

Nonverbal communication

Tips for Understanding Nonverbal Communication

• Recognize that people communicate on many levels. Watch their facial expressions, eye contact, posture, hand and feet movements, body movement and placement, and appearance and passage as they walk toward you. Every gesture is communicating something if you listen with your eyes. Become accustomed to watching nonverbal communication and your ability to read nonverbal communication will grow with practice.
  
  
• If a person’s words say one thing and their nonverbal communication says another, you are wont to listen to the nonverbal communication – and that is usually the correct decision.



• Assess job candidates based on their nonverbal communication. You can read volumes from how the applicant sits in the lobby. The nonverbal communication during an interview should also elucidate the candidate’s skills, strengths, weaknesses, and concerns for you.



• Probe nonverbal communication during an investigation or other situation in which you need facts and believable statements. Again, the nonverbal may reveal more than the person’s spoken words.



• When leading a meeting or speaking to a group, recognize that nonverbal cues can tell you:
  --when you’ve talked long enough,
  --when someone else wants to speak, and
  --the mood of the crowd and their reaction to your remarks.
  Listen to them and you’ll be a better leader and speaker.

Understanding nonverbal communication improves with practice. The first step in practice is to recognize the power of nonverbal communication. I’m sure you’ve had gut feelings that what a person said to you was untrue. Listen to your gut. Along with your life experiences, training, beliefs and all that make up your past, it’s your inner expert on nonverbal communication.

This is very important in our daily life, a slightest misunderstanding could cause conflict.

PERSONAL SPACE IN COMMUNICATION

Each and every one of us surrounded by zone of psychological comfort. This zone varies depending on which situation we are in; who are the people we talking to. The amount of space we are use while interacting may tell in which kind of relationships we are with this person, because physical distance is correlated with social distance.

The personal space around our body includes a number of concentric circles where the closer areas are reserved for more trusted people. If you are closer to me, you may attack me, so I will seek to keep close areas safer by forbidding all but approved friends.

Hall (1966) found four key zones:

• Intimate: touching to 10 inches. For close friends and family.
• Casual-personal: 18 inches to four feet: Informal conversation with friends.
• Social-consultative: four to twelve feet: formal transactions.
• Public: Addressing groups of people.

Note that this distance can vary significantly. Extraverts, for example, may have smaller distances whilst introverts may prefer to keep their distance. People who live in towns and cities are used to squeezing closer to people so have smaller spaces, whilst country people stand so far apart they have to lean forwards to shake hands.

In addition, the distance varies greatly with nationality. For example the casual-personal distance may be:

• North America: 18 inches
• Western Europe: 14 to 16 inches
• Japan: 36 inches
• Middle East: 8 to 12 inches

For close conversation, an appropriate proximity needs to be sustained. If the distance is too far, then the person may be seen as 'stand-offish' or distant (perhaps insultingly so).   

Retrieved from:

http://changingminds.org/explanations/behaviors/body_language/proxemics.htm

technologies in communication

Last time, people use letters to communicate with people from far away countries. But the telephone was invented to make communication more easier. Now, more advanced gadgets are invented to improve communication.

BODY LANGUAGE and NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN JAPAN

As I have been saying in my previous post, non-verbal communication is very important. However, how many of us thought would our gestures, posture and way of greeting be perceived in a different way as we travel around the world? Unfortunately, many of us tend to ignore this kind of details when planning overseas trips, consequently we often come across as impolite and rude people. Knowing customs of other countries may help to make our overseas experience more exciting and help us to make new friends in different parts of the world. Lets have a look at some peculiarities of cultural values in Japan.

o        GREETING GESTURES

§         The graceful act of bowing is the traditional greeting.

§         However, they have also adopted the western custom of shaking hands, albeit with a light grip and perhaps with eyes averted. Meanwhile, to show respect for their customs, it would flatter them to offer a slight bow when being introduced.

§         Avoid hugging and kissing when greeting.

§         It is considered rude to stare. Prolonged direct eye contact is considered impolite or even intimidating.

§         It is considered rude to stand with your hand or hands in your pockets, especially when greeting someone or when addressing a group of people.

§         The seemingly simple act of exchanging business cards is more complex in Japan because the business card represents not only one's identity but also one's station in life. Yours should be printed in your own language and in Japanese.

o        TOUCHING GESTURES

§         The Japanese are not a touch-oriented society, so avoid open displays of affection, touching or any prolonged form of body contact.

§         Queues are generally respected; it is only in crowded train and subway stations where the huge volume of people causes touching and pushing.

o        BECKONING GESTURES

§         It is considered insulting to point to someone fingers extended and the thing folded into the palm.

§         To beckon someone, the palm faces downward and the fingers are moved in a scratching motion.

o        OTHER NONVERBAL GESTURES

§         Because of the high regard for graciousness and restraint, one should not shout, raise the voice in anger, or exhibit any excessively demonstrative behavior.

§         Among the Japanese, smiling often can cover a gamut of emotions: happiness, anger, confusion, apologies, or sadness.

§         Displaying an open mouth (such as yawning or a wide-open laugh) is considered rude in Japan.

§         Silence (listening) is a sign of politeness and of contemplation. During conversations, be especially careful about interrupting.

§         One way to show concentration and attentiveness is to close the eyes in contemplation and nod the head slight, up and down.

o        OTHER NONVERBAL GESTURES

§         The "O.K." gesture in Japan may be interpreted as the signal for "money" or "give me change in coins."

§         Blowing your nose in public is considered rude.

§         When entering a private home or traditional restaurants with tatami (bamboo mats) floors, it is usually customary to remove your shoes and place them with the toes pointing toward the outdoors.

o        BOWING

§         Many westerners view the bow as an act of subservience, but in Japan that would completely wrong. For the Japanese a bow signals respect and humility, two qualities coveted throughout Asia.

§         Although it is not necessary, but a slight bow demonstrates that you respect their customs. Moreover, in Japan, where style and grace and courteousness are revered, that simply act would surely be noted, appreciated, and probably remembered .

Retrieved from:  http://www.csupomona.edu/~tassi/gestures.htm#asian

daddy and me

This shows how important communication is with your parents. Even though the child is already telling his dad how he feels but his dad still cant seem to open up and see the picture.

The importance of sign language

Everyone needs to communicate. Even deaf people needs to communicate too! For example, they invented the sign language to communicate. Sign language is performed using the hand and sometimes the mouth.

COD Modern Warfare 2

Today i have just finished playing the "easy" mode of call of duty modern warfare 2 which is one of the latest video games available to all gaming consoles...i decided to put this video clip of the game here because i find that it has relativity with human communication..this is a scene by which the player gets betrayed by his commander..

Visual....

Visual Language

Visual language is any communication which is primarily visual. It is an emerging field which focuses on improving thinking, learning and communication by making it more visual. Visual language integrates visual elements with words, both spoken and written, to enhance and expand the meaning of all.

This was taken from:

Alan Stillman's history of human communication in Visual Language (VL)
wiki.vizthink.com/VisualLanguage

Cartoons which feature human communication.

cartoons for example such as "Garfield" are used to communicate ideas and current issues such as political issues,economic issues to the viewer

obtained from http://www.doobybrain.com/2007/07/14/comics-etc/

self- motivation song

This song which is you gotta want it presented by roberta gold always encourage me going forward,dont give up what you want and give a lot motivation when i feeling depress .....i like it


I choose this motivational song because of the lyrics. Being unstoppable doesn't mean you won't meet failure or setbacks. It simply means that even in the face of challenge and obstacles, even when you've failed and fallen so many times, you still get back up even when getting back up is hard to do. That's what being unstoppable means, that nothing will hold you down because no matter what, you will find a way(www.motivationpower.net)

Why human communicate ?

Well the first three option of why human communicate is because we trying to informing ,persuading and entertaining other people every day around our enviroment........persuade-our objective is trying to persuade people agree of our view point,change their behaviour,we use words,image, sounds to be more persuasive ......entertaining-we trying to makes humor ,striking audio and visual images,leaves others people with an important message or makes them think about something in a new way,great entertainment makes other laugh and think......informing-we trying to to impart information to,and make other people aware of something,we also telling people what we exactly think ......that what i think about why human must communicate......

Non verbal communication. EYE CONTACT

Non verbal communication plays a huge role in how people comprehend us-our posture, movements, volume and tone of our voice give people around  more information about us than our words. I am going to post few articles  on non verbal communication, and first of them  is on eye contact.

Eye contact is an important part in non verbal communication. It is often said that you have to listen also with your eyes. It means looking at people in the eye when talking to them. (http://newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=13928&article=1713&week=25 )

Some people struggle to make eye contact with others,. Failing to make eye contact suggests to some that you're shy; to others, it indicates rudeness or boredom. Some people have the opposite problem. Making eye contact for a long time can indicate you're very outgoing; to others it indicates aggression and over-confidence.

This skill is especially important when you are at a job interview; the employer will think you're hiding something or are not confident, and most likely they won't hire you. Although this process is as natural as breathing for many people, it's difficult for some.(http://www.wikihow.com/Look-People-in-the-Eye)

when you talking to people try to follow this rules: 

Firs of all relax. 

If you really can not look people in to eyes try this trick-look at person's forehead.

Try to concentrate on what person is saying rather than on eye contact and it will work out naturally .

Try not to stare.

Image source: http://happybrainstorm.com/wp-includes/images/eye_contact.jpg

Song: Simple Plan-Welcome To My Life

This song expresses teenagers that felt left out and no one understands their feelings...

Quote

Clarence Darrow:

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to??

From this quote, I do think that human communication is very important. We can learn to speak correct English, but what is the use when there is no one to speak to. I do think that we can live without languages, but we can't live without communication.

cartoon

This cartoon explains we are listening to the cries of the dolphins who are in need of our help.

(This was takes from CSL cartoon stock)

Moving forward

Bad human communication leaves us less room to grow.
Quoted by Rowan D. Williams

In this quote, without the basic human communication understanding between humans, it will be a very difficulty process of moving forward and being to able to grow from our mistakes to be a better person.

This is what i comprehend when i read this quote.

Human communication in songs

Almost all songs contain underlying meanings which communicate to the listener the emotions of the singer/band. Songs are used as a mode of communication, today i heard two songs which i shall categorize into two and that is one depicts depression and another one anger...the first song is System of a down- Roulette which depicts depression and another is Cannibal Corpse-Hammer Smashed Face which depicts anger..

System of a Down - Roulette



Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face

quotes about communication

  

ERNEST HEMINGWAY :

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

RACHEL NAOMI REMEN:

The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.... A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.
Ernest Hemingway and Rachel Naomi Remen have told us how important listening is to achieve effective communication. Unfortunately, most people nowadays think that it is only important to deliver their own message without acknowledging that communication is a two-way street. We have to learn how to listen before expecting to be heard because a world in which everybody speaks their mind without listening would be a chaos.
MARGARET CHASE SMITH:

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.

PLATO:

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

In my opinion Plato and Margaret Chase Smith are essentially talking about the same things... How many of us actually have something good to say most of the time? How many of us actually think before saying things? I believe that misunderstandings are often a result of us saying things without analyzing and thinking beforehand. We hurt people without realizing it, we say stupid things and create bad impressions about ourselves ...

John Powell:

 Communication works for those who work at it.
Sourse:  http://www.wisdomquotes.com/cat_communication.html 
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