| Sample:
9:30 a.m. |
Sample:
1:30 |
Phone (Cell), Computer –(Facebook) Computer (email)
Computer – (shopping)
Other |
Family, Friend, Work, Comm-ercial, other. |
Formal versus informal language, use of slang, denotations, etc.
Sample:
She used words like “difficult” and “bad” which made me feel the denoted she was upset. But she also said “we have the resources,” which suggested everything was okay. Though I didn’t know if “I” was most of this “we” or if she was referring to others. |
Sample:
I couldn’t make out the tone of the email from my supervisor. She sounded like she was upset, but I wasn’t sure. I’m going to go speak to her directly to get a better sense of what the email was about. I will link this to advice offered in Bevan and Sole on managing impressions, as I want her to have a good impression of me through demonstrating confidence through my body language.
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Verbal –
“Expressed confirming and disconfirming messages”(Bevan & Sole, Section 4.1). She told me about some issues she had with my document, “disconfirming” my work plan.
Nonverbal – because of the lack of nonverbal cues, I could not easily detect “messages of emotion, influence, and deception” (Bevan & Sole, Section 4.2). If we’d spoken, I could have interpreted what she was feeling and avoided feeling bad myself. |
