Nonverbal Communication

Course Information
TitleΜη γλωσσική επικοινωνία / Nonverbal Communication
CodeΕΜ-20
Interdepartmental ProgrammeSemiotics, Culture and Communication
Collaborating SchoolsFrench Language and Literature
Italian Language and Literature
Journalism and Mass Communications
Architecture
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600015003

Programme of Study: Semiotics, Culture and Communication

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective CoursesWinter/Spring-7.5
Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodSpring
Class ID
600123707
DeletedYes
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of the course, students should: - recognize the properties of nonverbal semiotic systems - be familiar with the use of nonverbal sign systems in everyday communication
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Design and manage projects
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Kinetics and gestuality, face expressions, color, pose and location in space, regard, tactile communication, objects as communicative inventions are just some of the nonverbal semiotic systems that integrate visual communication and which are the subject of this course.
Keywords
Nonverbal communicatio, color, tactile communication, objects, face expresions
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Multimedia
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
In the courseit will be used the elearning platform and audiovisual material.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures26✓
Fieldwork4✓
Reading Assigment48✓
Written assigments120✓
Total198
Student Assessment
Description
The course includes continuous evaluation and the submission of a written essay at the end of the semester.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Andersen, P. (2007). Nonverbal Communication: Forms and Functions. Waveland Press. Birdwhistell, R. (1952). Introduction to kinesics, an annotation system for analysis of body motion and gesture. Washington: University of Michigan Libraries Birdwhistell, R. (1970). Kinesics and Context: Essays on Body Motion Communication. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Gaines, E. (2006). “Communication and the Semiotics of Space”. Journal of Creative Communications 1 (2): 173-181. Hall, E. (1959). The Silent Language. Garden City, New York: Doubleday Company. Hall, E. (1966). The Hidden Dimension. New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Anchor Books Doubleday Hall, E. (1968). “Proxemics”. Current Anthropology 9 (2): 83-108. Knapp, M. L., & Hall, J. A. (2007). Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction. Wadsworth: Thomas Learning. Nöth, W. (1990). Handbook of Semiotics. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 387-418. Poyatos, F. (2010). Nonverbal Communication across Disciplines: Culture, sensory interaction, speech, conversation (v. 1). Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Remland, M. S. (2009). Nonverbal communication in everyday life. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Tantam, D. (2009). “A semiotic model of nonverbal communication”. Semiotica 58(1): 41-58.
Last Update
25-03-2019