With help from Ursula, the wicked sea witch and her friends Flounder, a fish, and Sebastian, a music loving crab she trades her voice for legs and attempts to find true love amongst the humans. Although the story is animated and slightly unrealistic, it is a story which appeals to all ages because of its timeless plot about two lovers kept apart by society and circumstances beyond their control. True love prevails as it does in all stories with happy endings. Why I picked this movie for this project I chose The Little Mermaid for the Web project because it shows the different types of communication in an easily understood manner. Also, because the use of different types of communications is used by teenagers and young adults in a different manner than adults.
Teenagers use more gestures in nonverbal communication and more words to convey meanings.
Go to index for Human Comm Goes to the Movies. Verbal Communication is any means of communicating using words or phrases to convey meaning. It includes two or more people relaying messages to each other with the intent to arouse meaning in one another. The Implicit Personality Theory predicts how people act toward us and others. Judgements are based on few facts and involve stereotyping.