Video Messaging Trumps Text Messaging To Form A Deeper Form Of Communication
People connect with each other on many different levels. But according to Psychology Today: texting exploits just one level — through the content of the text message.
UCLA professor Albert Mehrabian found that 58 percent of communication is through body language, 35 percent through vocal tone, pitch, and emphasis, and a mere 7 percent through content of the message. That means that text messaging expresses just 7 percent of what’s actually communicated.
What if video were to replace text in messaging so video messaging becomes the norm? How would that affect how deeply people communicate and connect with one another? Vocal tone, pitch and emphasis would suddenly be apparent on video — and certain body language as well. Suddenly communication that reached only 7% of connections would dramatically increase.
As such, by delving further into more levels of connection, video messaging could build a much deeper form of communication between people than text messaging — and form a deeper understanding in the process.
Psychology Today
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