(MIM 3) My point of view

After speaking to my lecturer for more explanation of the topic that I picked, he mentioned that if the topic isn't clear, we can explore the possibilities of the topic. Hence, I think I would like to talk about several aspects to counter verbal communication as the fundamental medium for good communication. In class, we were taught that right after the receiver receives a signal, for example, a electrical device such as a phone, communication occurs. As per what google says, communication literally means: of sending or receiving information, such as telephone lines or computers. Another definition is: the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium. In other words, communication for what we often perceive as face to face communication, isn't exactly only that. 

When I first saw this topic, I thought about a few examples that I might be able to explore. As cliche as it is, in a design school of course by using visual communication is one of the examples. For visual communication, it can be divided into two categories; pictorial or literature. Another example is that in our modern era, a lot tend to rely on the internet and social medias to communicate and people might argue with me that facetime or skype or any other video call platforms are basically face to face communication. But the thing is, in video calls, we can't predict one's raw emotions by body language, for example, fidgeting. A lot of things are masked by what the other person wants you to see via screen not to mention lag too. The point I'm trying to imply here is that devices are used as a medium here and it isn't via speech. The third example is through music. Music for the longest time are often used to express emotions or even used to voice out human rights. For example, "Minority" sung by a band named Green Day, the lyrics of the song is empowering people to do what they want and in my opinion, they are also indirectly telling the minorities to voice out their disatisfactories against the government. 

Reference 

1.      Green Day (2009) ‘Green Day - Minority (Video)' YouTube. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDBlqu6KF4k (Accessed 26 June 2018)