Sunday, May 19, 2013

Watching TV with no sound

The television show I decided to watch was Polygamy, USA, or the National Geographic Channel.  My big aha moment was the fact I was completely off about how the characters were feeling.  When the volume was off I made assumptions based on their facial expressions.  Most of the wives, or sister wives, looked miserable.  I thought they were saying how awful it was to be in a plural marriage.  Then all the men looked happy.  They were ones smiling and laughing.  When I turned the volume back on I was wrong.  The wives were expressing how much they love being a part of a plural marriage and the men were expressing how difficult things are being married to more than one wife.  It makes me wonder how true are the words they were saying.  Then it makes think about how children interpret what I am saying when my face says something different.       
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  1. AnonymousMay 19, 2013 at 4:07 PM

    Hi Dawn,

    This is very true. This exercise helps to simulate how children could interprete caregiver's action. Knowing this helps caregivers to imagine what could be going on in the minds of children and plan to effectively communicate with children.
    I can also relate this to imagining what confusion that could be going on when we fail to communicate clearly or effectively in teams.
    Thanks for this post.
    regards,

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  2. AlwaysTLGMay 19, 2013 at 5:35 PM

    Dawn,
    Your comment about how true what the people said is a very good question. I wonder the same thing. I know it is easy to say things that aren't true, but it is much more difficult to change our body language. That would have been an interesting show to watch in mute.

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  3. sheldaMay 19, 2013 at 6:35 PM

    Besides smiling and laughing, what other nonverbal communications did u noticed?

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