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1. What is Communication?
The essence of communication lies in the process, which is an activity that
"serves" the relationship between the sender and the recipient of the message
beyond space and time. Communication is the center of all human attitudes,
behaviors and skills (communication involves both attitudes and skills). Humans
cannot be said to interact socially if they do not communicate in a way or
through the exchange of information, ideas, ideas, intentions and emotions
expressed in symbols with other people.
2. What is Intercultural Communication?
Communication and culture are not just two words but two concepts that cannot
be separated, “it should be noted that the study of intercultural communication
can be interpreted as a study that emphasizes the effect of culture on
communication (Williamm B. Hart II, 1996). We can also give the simplest
definition of intercultural communication, namely interpersonal communication
carried out by people from different cultural backgrounds
There are so many factors that affect the aesthetic component. Apart from
language selection
appropriate and appropriate verbal communication with communicant, non-
verbal communication
has a very big role to create beauty in communication.
The sincerity and honesty of communicators in conveying a message can be read
from:
non-verbal communication that he does. Several factors that affect the aesthetics
in
communicate (Devito, 1997), namely:
1. Eye contact
Eye contact seems like a simple thing and can be done by all
person. In fact, not everyone dares to make eye contact when they
carry out communication. Lack of confidence and fear of facing opponents
His speech is often one of the reasons why people don't make eye contact.
This fact is a very fatal thing when done by a PR.
Communication will be effective if there is eye contact between the
communication participants.
Each participant will feel important and cared for in the act of communication
if there is eye contact from other participants. So eye contact is an urgency
what a PR, PR, and protocol should do.
2. Facial expressions
Facial expressions are factors that affect aesthetics in communication.
Facial expressions will emphasize and clarify the verbal message conveyed.
Message
sad, happy or angry can be emphasized through facial expressions. Through facial
expressions
this someone can be an interesting communicator and not boring in
act of communication.
3. Posture
Posture has a very big role in the aesthetic component. How to communicator
sitting, the way the communicator stands and other body postures greatly affect
the message conveyed
be delivered. A communicator who is talking about a very
seriously, but it's done by sitting back on the chair, clearly showing
improper body posture. Communicants who are invited to communicate become
unsympathetic
and serious conversation will turn to casual. This change occurred because
relaxed impression created by the communicator through the way he sits.