Body Movement and Interpersonal Communication

by Peter Bull

Considers the social significance of body movement, emphasizing the relationship between movement and interpersonal communication. Reviews research on body movement, considering the information conveyed by bodily cues in relation to emotion, speech, individual differences, and interpersonal relationships. Theoretical treatment of the social significance of body movement is based on Wiener's encoding/decoding distinction. Discusses methods of changing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471900699
• ISBN13: 9780471900696
• Release Date: November 1983
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 222 Pages