ABSTRACT
Fascination with nonverbal communication has permeated the academic community and their general population during the last two decades. Though the sophistication of their questions sets them apart, both groups have been captured by a need for greater understanding of the subtleties of communication. People are almost universally captivated by the prospect of gaining insight into their own messages and the messages of others. Researchers in psychology, communication, and a score of other disciplines have demonstrated their interest with a veritable explosion of research on nonverbal communication. Almost two decades ago, as interest in nonverbal communication was accelerating, Watzlawick, Beavin, and Jackson (1967) maintained that communication is a conditio sine qua non for human life and social order and that much of communication was communicated at subtle nonverbal levels.
