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2. Barriers of
Communication

3. What is Communication?
•Communication can be regarded as
two way process of exchanging or
shaping ideas, feelings and
information.
•It refers to ‘‘the countless ways that
humans have of keeping in touch to
one another’’

4. Barriers of Communication:
•Unplanned distortion during the
communication resulting in the
receiver obtaining a different message
than that sent by the sender.
•Health education may fail due to
communication barriers between the
educator and the community.

5. Types of Barriers:
1)Physiological
2)Psychological
3)Environmental
4)Cultural
5)Personal
6)Social
7)Semantic

7. 1) PHYSIOLOGICAL BARRIERS:
•Physiological barriers are related with
limitations of human body and the
human mind (attention, memory ,
perception)
•These barriers may result from
individuals personal discomfort caused
by ill health, poor eye sight or hearing
difficulties.

9. 2) PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIERS:
•Psychological factors such as
misperception, filtering, distrust,
unhappy emotions and people’s state
of mind can jeopardize the process of
communication.

11. 3) Environmental Barriers:
•Distractions such as background noise,
poor lighting, uncomfortable sitting,
unhygienic room, or environment that
is too hot or too cold can affect people’s
morale and concentration that can
interfere with effective
communication.

13. 4) Cultural Barriers:
•Culture shape the way we think and
behave.
•Cultural difference leads to difference
in interest, knowledge, values and
tradition. Therefore people with
different cultures will experience these
culture factors as a barrier to
communicate with each other.

15. 5) Personal Barriers:

16. 6) Social Barriers:
•Social barriers such as age, gender,
socio-economic status, marital status
may act as barrier to communication
in certain situations.

17. 7) Semantic Barriers:
•Language, jargon, slang, etc are some
of semantic barriers. Different
languages across different regions
represent a national barrier to
communication.