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Re:Startup School 2012 Videos by kami8845 on Thursday October 25, 2012 @05:58AM (#4696994)
You're wrong. Depending on where you look, nonverbal behavior constitutes between 60% and 93% of communication. If I really am interested in a podcast I will always opt for the video-version if it means I can't put it on my iPod and listen to it while doing chores like I could with the audio version.
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Re:Startup School 2012 Videos by iansimon on Thursday October 25, 2012 @12:46PM (#4698285)
Where does that number come from? It sounds suspiciously made up -- not by you, mind you.
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Re:Startup School 2012 Videos by kami8845 on Thursday October 25, 2012 @06:32PM (#4699907)
wikipedia - body language
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Re:Startup School 2012 Videos by iansimon on Thursday October 25, 2012 @08:32PM (#4700288)
It looks like the original study dealt only with "communication of feelings and attitudes" i.e. emotional content:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Mehrabian#Misinterpretat...

I don't see any evidence that this applies to communication in general.

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Re:Startup School 2012 Videos by batgaijin on Thursday October 25, 2012 @06:05AM (#4697013)
Perhaps in regards to conversations, but I think for a one way information exchange like a lecture it really doesn't matter.
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