Communication Questions

I think that the definition of communication is getting a message across. They can be verbal or nonverbal, and may differ based on gender, race, religion, ethnicity, region, and several others. We may not understand each other all the time because of the difference in cultures, and we may handle and take things differently than those from our cultures. Messages are sometimes taken differently than we wanted and sometimes the messages may come across as offensive to some but not others. I think it is necessary to learn about different cultures in order to be an effective communicator across diverse population. Learning to pay attention to a person's body language is also necessary in communicating well. In many cultures, a person's body language can say a lot more than others.