In my diploma, I discuss the topic of communication, within which I focused primarily on interpersonal communication. I am more interested in nonverbal communication and its elements that appear in public performances. They influence the quality of particular performance. Nonverbal communication is a broad field, so I focused on the voice elements and the body language and then only on a few elements within it. My focus is on TEDx speeches I obtained on YouTube channel. I chose 5 videos about nonverbal communication with the highest number of views. Using the theory, I extracted the elements of nonverbal communication that I used in the analysis: eye contact, arm gestures, movement, voice, first impression, public appearance and facial expression. I was interested in how speakers use the selected elements of nonverbal communication. I examine and also confirm the hypothesis that TEDx talks with the most views have more elements of nonverbal communication in common rather than different.
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