Communicated Through Body Language Week 2

In the series “Gimmie A Break,” as I watched it with the sound off, I noticed that based upon what I saw, it looked as if there is a mother-daughter relationship.  The mother was African American, and the daughter is Caucasian.  The mother looked as if she was caring for her daughter because the daughter came home with a black eye from a fight at school.  The feeling is that the mother is upset and angry about her daughter being hit in the eye, and she wants her daughter to fight back.  The feeling of the daughter is one of being nonchalant in her attitude, for her face had an expression of indifference as if she was nonchalant from sustaining a black eye.  When the daughter was given the initiative from her mother to fight back, the girl began to ball up her fists and make an aggressive face to show her mother that she is ready for battle.
However, when I watched the show with the sound turned on, the assumptions that I had was that the mother was the girl’s adopted mother.  The “mother” was actually the housekeeper who was concerned about the young girl who came from school with a black eye. The plot looked as a theme was brewing because later in the show, a Caucasian man, who is also a police officer, who looked as if he is the young girl’s dad had an argument with the young girl’s older sister, and the older sister was slapped in the face for being caught kissing her boyfriend in the house. The lesson should have been that hitting others is wrong despite how upset or unhappy that a person may be with someone else.  On the other hand, if I was watching a show that I knew well, my assumptions would have been spot on.  When I am familiar with a television show, I follow the nuances and storylines that either revolves around and/or involves all characters simultaneously or separately.

                                                            References
O'Hair, D., Wiemann, M., Mullin, D. I., & Teven, J. (2015). Real communication (3rd. ed). New
 York: Bedford/St. Martin's.


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  1. UnknownJanuary 20, 2018 at 5:52 PM

    • Hello Teresa!
    That was a good show that you saw. I used to watch it every day. However, I do not remember that episode. You are so right when you know the show you will be on time. Your guessing will be on time also. That let me know we are not too good at reading nonverbal body language.

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  2. chhJanuary 21, 2018 at 7:26 AM

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  3. UnknownJanuary 21, 2018 at 2:06 PM

    Hello Teresa,
    Thank you for sharing your insight in your blog posting. I valued your statement "The lesson should have been that hitting others is wrong despite how upset or unhappy that a person may be with someone else." These types of scenarios happen in real life as well as on TV. Your assessment of the program without sound and then with sound took you in a different direction then what the show was really about. Isn't it interesting the way body language can tell a story one way and then listening to the words spoken can take it a whole different way. Have a fantastic week!
    Tammy

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