What are advantages and disadvantages of non-verbal communication?

Answer 1

The advantages of non-verbal communication are:

1) You can communicate with someone who is hard of hearing of deaf.

2) You can communicate at place where you are supposed to maintain silence.

3) You can communicate something which you don't want others to hear or listen to.

4) You can communicate if you are far away from a person. The person can see but not hear you.

5) Non-verbal communication makes conversation short and brief.

6) You can save on time and use it as a tool to communicate with people who don't understand your language.

The disadvantages of non-verbal communication are:

1) You can not have long conversation.

2) Can not discuss the particulars of your message

3) Difficult to understand and requires a lot of repetitions.

4) Can not be used as a public tool for communication.

6) Less influential and can not be used everywhere.

7) Not everybody prefers to communicate through non-verbal communication.

8) Can not create an impression upon people/listeners.
well non verbal communication is as important as verbal communication because there is a famous proverb saying that " Actions SPeak Louder than woords", so your gestures , postures , eye contact....each play a major role

Answer 2

Visual expressions allow people to clearly hear what the other person is saying. However, a disadvantage of visual communication, is that people can see expressions, both good and bad.

Answer 3

People could get hurt or unwanted outcomes....;)

Answer 4

brings the communicators to gether who are in different places