Abstract

This expository paper focused on the relevance of silence as a form of communication frequently in use by religion worshipers, ordinary individuals, private organisation and public leaders. Silence in this regard refers to absence of any sound or noise. It examined silence on the basis of form, process, types, roles, power, as a dangerous tool in communication and application in different field of human endeavor. The author made some of the following contributions to knowledge among others: silence as an integral part of nonverbal communication; enables communicators to strategize information dissemination without distortion. And serves as a reference document for young researchers who would carry similar study on this topic. On this basis, the following recommendations were made among others: workshops cum seminars should be organized by communication experts to educate the public on the relevance of silence communication; individuals should learn to adapt silence communication instead of using offensive words that can generate crisis.the practitioners of silence communication should inject the use of body languages to enable them pass direct information to the target audience. Dr. (Mrs.) Christian OgeriChukwu"Silent Time: A Form of Communication and Information Dissemination" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-1 | Issue-6 , October 2017, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd2488.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/2488/silent-time-a-form-of-communication-and-information-dissemination/dr-mrs-christian-ogerichukwu

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