Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Television Show Communication



Television Show: Home Improvement/ without sound
1.      What do you think the characters relationships are based on the ways in which they are communicating?
When the show start there is a man and woman in the living room communicating among one another and sense the woman had on a robe ironing clothes I figured they were husband and wife. There were also three little boys outside playing football and the way the father was engaging in playing with them I thought they were his children.
2.      What are they feeling and expressing based on the nonverbal behavior you are observing?
At the beginning of the show the lady seems like she is a little upset looking at her husband television show and see her husband watching other females. The husband seems like he is explaining himself using hand gestures. The children seem happy and joyful playing with their father. Although one little boy seem like he is upset about something and his father talks to him and the little boy begin to smile. The wife seems like she is unhappy when she goes out to dinner with the husband and she get up and walk away from the table.
With Sound
1.      What assumptions did you make about the characters and plot based on the ways in which you interpreted the communication you observed?
I was corrected about the man and woman being married with three boys. I made the assumption that the wife was upset with the husband looking at other woman but she actually made a bet and thought it was kind of funny.
2.       Would your assumptions have been more correct if you had been watching a show you know well?
I believe my assumption would have been more correct if I was watching a show I knew well because most shows have the same plot just different circumstances. Most shows that you watch often is based on the same themes such as, drama, horror, or comedy.  

4 comments:

  1. Expressions and body language do enhance communication skills. It is much easier to get a better understanding by watch the episodes with sound.

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  2. It was difficult for me as well to interpret the show I watched without sound, but it made me understand the show more when I watched it again with sound. Communication skills are part of our everyday lives and with those skills we are enhancing our professional and personal lives. I think sometimes non-verbal forms of communication tell more or how a person is feeling over verbal skills. Great post.

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  3. Hello,

    Interesting. I see that there were a lot of non-verbal cues used as a means of communication. Your post seems to describe the show as if watched. With this being said the means of interpreting the line of communication skills must have been superly noticed with certain guestures. Great Post!

    A. Reavis

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  4. I also had trouble trying to figure out the show that I had decided to watch without sound. However you did pick up on a lot of the gestures of the characters and it was also good that you made the connection that the people in the show were supposed to be family great post.

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