Week:2 Communication & Collaboration EDUC 6165

Blog Assignment; As we have been learning, communication is not always straightforward. Everyone, at some time or another, makes assumptions based on messages communicated through body language and facial expressions.

For this assignment

Record an episode of a television show you do not normally watch. 

Watch the show with the sound turned off.

The episode that I do not normally watch that I chose is:

Love Thy Neighbor, 

by producer Tyler Perry,&The Oprah Winfrey Network.

 I have never watched this show before so my presumptions are based off first time views.  I think that the characters non verbal communication actions are natural and genuine. I think because the environment is a home setting my guess would be that the characters are acting as close family, friends, or relatives.

 The feelings and emotions based on the nonverbal behaviors that I observed would be emotionally disturbed, upsetting, surprised, shocked, and even a form of deception.

Now, watch the show with the sound turned on.

https://youtu.be/PkFer8YK298?list=PLbiFeTQgpPOxOsg55AqpIi3IaesrY4lEZ

After watching the video I have come to discover that I have not made any wrong assumptions about the characters or the plot based on my interpretation.  In the episode, after discovering that it may be a "dead" man tied up, upstairs in the grandmother's bed room. The characters were indeed as I stated shocked, surprised, and disturbed.  This episode was a family comedy that I would never have guessed to be the scenario.   

I think that my assumption would have been better if I was watching a show that I have seen before because I would have known what to expect. However this was a very meaningful and interesting experience.  My "aha" moment would have been when I learn how we can say so much with very little words. 

I have gained great understanding to the statement, " actions speak louder than words".    

Episode;

Danny Makes a Critical Discovery | Tyler Perry’s Love Thy Neighbor | Oprah Winfrey Network

Retrieved from:

https://youtu.be/PkFer8YK298?list=PLbiFeTQgpPOxOsg55AqpIi3IaesrY4lEZ