Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3918: The Image of Kim Jong-un He Most Prefers the World to See - and What It Tells Us - Body Language and Emotional Intelligence (PHOTOS)

The image above is a drawing/painting of North Korean Leader, Kim Jong-un. It's the picture he most wants the World to see - for it's also the one he's picked to be posted at the top of his Wikipedia profile page - and the first to appear in a Google search.

When a person chooses a picture they want to be representative of them - particularly on social media, a magazine cover, advertisement, etc., - or for their Wikipedia profile - it's very much the emotional projection of how they want the World to view them. It can thus be thought of as a "Reverse Rorschach" of sorts.

It's intriguing that the DPRK leader chose to have a piece of artwork represent him - rather than a photograph. This is strongly suggestive of deep-rooted low confidence (and prone to over-compensatory behavior).

The primary emotion conveyed in this image of Kim Jong-un is that of contempt, the secondary emotion is disgust (approximately 70/30 respectively).

Another interesting detail is the asymmetry of his eyebrows. Because this is not a photograph, it's impossible to say whether this was intentional - and thus possibly inferring a tertiary emotion of disbelief (right eyebrow raised), anger (left eyebrow lowered), or amplified contempt/disgust (left eyebrow lowered), etc.,

Retrospectively, if you look back and evaluate any of the social media sites of mass-killers or those who perpetrated terrorist acts, the vast majority of their pictures will be disproportionately represented by the emotions of anger, disgust and/or contempt.

Of course, prospectively, not all those who display a high percentage of any of these emotions will go on to commit violent crimes. Yet it is a good way to screen for certain behaviors - e.g., Threat Assessment - for virtually 100% of those who have a habit of posting photos of them displaying anger, disgust and/or contempt - will have both a history of, and a predilection for losing their tempers' (Impulse Control Disorder).

Therefore you shouldn't date, hire, be hired by, vote for, carpool with, etc., - anyone who exhibits these patterns of behavior/emotional displays. When they possess nuclear capable ICBM's, it's entirely and exponentially another matter.

In a parallel Universe, if Kim Jong-un was your employee, and you heard rumors of him threatening his co-workers, this same picture - posted on his social media site would be a harbinger behavior you should take very seriously. It acts as an amplifier and it verifies his verbal/written treats. Kim Jong-un is NOT just saber-rattling.


See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3917: American Airlines Stroller Incident - Anger, Contempt and Escalation (vs. Deescalation)

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3915: Donald Trump Greets Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3912: Keri Russell's Schadenfreude, Matthew Rhys' Fear, and a Hesitancy to Disclose

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3910: Donald Trump, Mar-a-Lago, Easter Weekend - Disparate Conscious vs. Unconscious Body Language

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3885: Vogue's 73 Questions with Selena Gomez

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3853: Tom Hiddleston, a School Play and Eddie Redmayne

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3807: Sarah Paulson's Fear of Flying

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2313: Elisa Lam Video in Elevator at Cecil Hotel - What Her Body Language Tells Us ....


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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3626: Mike Pence's Wikipedia Profile Picture says "WTF" - Body Language (PHOTO)

This is Governor Mike Pence's current Wikipedia Profile Pic. Keep in mind that on Wikipedia, he or his staff can change this photo anytime they wish.

Donald Trump's VP's facial expression here is one variation of what in common parlance most people would call a "WTF expression" (What The F*ck?!).

To approach this from a scientific, clinical and more specifically - a nonverbal viewpoint, the primary emotion being conveyed (and felt) here is Contempt while his secondary emotions in this moment are Disbelief/Incredulity and Disgust.

Regardless of one's political prominence, the views of your opponent or your beliefs - this is NEVER an image one should ever want to be representative of them - particularly those in leadership positions.


See also:

Nonverbal Communication No. 3625: Donald Trump Introduces Mike Pence as his "1st Choice" VP Pick (Not!)

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3609: Emma Watson, Tina Turner, Ring Tones and Body Language

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3618: Salma Hayek regarding Donald Trump

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3617: President Obama and Speaker Ryan regarding the Dallas Shooting

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3575: Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump - Comparison Their of Wikipedia Profile Photos 

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3542: Lara Croft, Keeley Hawes, Sexual Energy and Body Language

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3519: Vladimir Putin, The Panama Papers and Body Language 

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3507: Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck and Amy Adams Do The Batman Voice - The Graham Norton Show


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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3575: Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump - Comparison Their of Wikipedia Profile Photos - Body Language (PHOTOS)

These are the two primary profile photos of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump currently appearing on their respective Wikipedia pages. Of course with any given person having a significant public following, Wikipedia is the first or second most-viewed online source. And although it's primarily an open-source platform, editing of the Wikipedia pages of such higher level biographical pages is limited. There are a fair number of others pictures on each of the 2016 Presidential Candidates' pages - however these two are at the top, and thus by far are the most-viewed pics. Contrasting these two images, which have been almost surely vetted by the candidates - is instructive and insightful nonverbal exercise.

Note here that each image is magnified to the same width for the purpose of this post (with slightly different heights), however the resolution on Donald Trump's original image was significantly lower.

Hillary Clinton's image is posed and taken in a studio whereas Donald Trump's photo was taken at a live event (a town hall meeting at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, New Hampshire in August of 2015).

Secretary Clinton's expression is that of a fairly good "Social Smile" - however it's NOT a sincere smile. The corners of her mouth are pulled primarily upwards (with only the upper teeth visible) - and her cheeks also are (mostly) congruent with this change. Her forehead also displays the necessary requirement of being relaxed. So far so good - so it's a sincere smile?- NO. Look carefully at Hillary's eyes - for they are NOT partially closed - consistent with normal baseline. On the contrary - they are opened slightly (but very significantly) wider than baseline. If one looks at her lower eyelids - there are not the primary and temporary, concave-up furrows present - rather there are several little furrows - some of which are continuous with the "crows feet" at the lateral portion of each eye. This is the reason, when one is assessing a smile, NEVER use the presence of crows feet as a barometer for sincerity (as is sometimes, though erroneously suggested).

TAKE HOME POINT: If Mrs. Clinton had had a dominant, evanescent concave-up furrow on each of her lower eyelids (and the rest of her face was unchanged) - then her smile would have been a sincere smile of joy-happiness (Duchenne Smile) rather than the nice, but very posed, Social Smile.

Donald Trump's expression is certainly not a smile.

His head and torso are tiled away from the person at whom he is looking - and his head is also slightly rotated. We don't look directly at those whom we don't like, don't respect and/or don't believe.

His downward turned mouth corners along with a mild-to-moderate pout (primarily of his lower lip) is, for him, a very common nonverbal mouth display - perhaps his most frequent.

Note also his partially closed eyelids - along with his left eyebrow being raised.

TAKE HOME POINT: This nonverbal cluster present in Mr. Trump's image projects his feelings of doubt/incredulity along with a mild level of dislike and critical evaluation for the person(s) at whom he's looking - and/or their ideas/opinions/proposals, etc., being voiced.


See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3574: Selena Gomez's Body Language Reaction to Fans in Montreal

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3571: Donald Trump to Debate Bernie Sanders? What Trump Feels about Bernie

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3552: Hillary Clinton, Body Language and variations on the Pistol Steeple

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3547: Kate Middleton on Cover of Vogue's 100th Anniversary Issue 

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3538: Barack Obama, David Cameron, Number 10 and the Brexit

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3519: Vladimir Putin, The Panama Papers 


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