Submission Type
Poster
Start Date
April 2020
Abstract
Through the ambassadorship program and the funds provided by the The Gérard Gouvernet Ambassadorship in French Language and Cultures I was able to take part in intercultural communication research, specifically studying Senegalese nonverbal communication codes - facial expressions, eye contact, touching, tone of voice, dress, posture, and spatial distance between people - and how differences in these patterns can hinder effective communication between diverse cultures. With the scholarship I lived in Dakar, Senegal for one month in Summer of 2019. While in Senegal, I was able to travel around the country recording observations and conduct research with an interpretive approach, while living with a host family and be fully immersed in Senegalese society. This poster focuses on my most prominent findings supported by secondary research, and examines the influential role nonverbal communication plays in intercultural communication and cultural intelligence.
Key Words: Expectancy Violation Theory, Communication Accommodation Theory, Facework Theory, Ethnocentrism, Differences-Similarities Dialectic.
Recommended Citation
Piazza, Sophia, "097— Communication Barriers Beyond the Spoken Language: Senegalese Nonverbal Codes" (2020). GREAT Day Posters. 89.
https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/great-day-symposium/great-day-2020/posters-2020/89
097— Communication Barriers Beyond the Spoken Language: Senegalese Nonverbal Codes
Through the ambassadorship program and the funds provided by the The Gérard Gouvernet Ambassadorship in French Language and Cultures I was able to take part in intercultural communication research, specifically studying Senegalese nonverbal communication codes - facial expressions, eye contact, touching, tone of voice, dress, posture, and spatial distance between people - and how differences in these patterns can hinder effective communication between diverse cultures. With the scholarship I lived in Dakar, Senegal for one month in Summer of 2019. While in Senegal, I was able to travel around the country recording observations and conduct research with an interpretive approach, while living with a host family and be fully immersed in Senegalese society. This poster focuses on my most prominent findings supported by secondary research, and examines the influential role nonverbal communication plays in intercultural communication and cultural intelligence.
Key Words: Expectancy Violation Theory, Communication Accommodation Theory, Facework Theory, Ethnocentrism, Differences-Similarities Dialectic.
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