Proxemics is the study of how people use space and how it can be a communicator. Proxemics should be studied at a cultural level. Cultures have different views with regards to proxemics. In places where the weather is rigidly cold, people will stay closer together in their everyday actions. Americans have a widen sense of personal space. I know that I like to have my fair share of elbow room and feel closed in when people invade my space. Asian cultures stay pretty close to each other. I think that huge amount of population in a small area can contribute to the lack of personal space. Cronemics is how people use time. Again, this is best looked at in the cultural level. The only time in my life that I have not been a slave to the clock is on vacation. All other times I constantly have to check the clock to make sure I am on schedule.
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