How much body language can be interpreted through webcam?
Body language is a huge part of conversation. What percentage of body language do you think can be expressed through a webcam conversation (with a microphone)?
Or, maybe to put it in another way… Let’s say verbal communication is 40% of communication and body language is 60%. If two people just talked by phone, they would only be communicating to an extent of 40%. If they added a webcam, to what % would that 40% increase? To like, 50%? What do you think?
I think that you can interpret communication up to a 80% through webcam. You can see the person laugh at a comment, look distracted, occupied, sad, happy, or upset. However, you usually can’t see their posture and in-depth facial expressions. Some people like "talking" with their hands, so webcam might limit the exposure to seeing a person’s hand movements
100% is physically meeting and talking to the person.
Hope this helps and enjoy your week!
April 30th, 2010 at 1:27 am
I think that you can interpret communication up to a 80% through webcam. You can see the person laugh at a comment, look distracted, occupied, sad, happy, or upset. However, you usually can’t see their posture and in-depth facial expressions. Some people like "talking" with their hands, so webcam might limit the exposure to seeing a person’s hand movements
100% is physically meeting and talking to the person.
Hope this helps and enjoy your week!
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