barriers in communication by :- DILIP KUMAR NIT CALICUT

1. BARRIERS IN
COMMUNICATION
Communication is not always successful.
Several things prevent the message from
reaching the recipient or having the
desired effect on the recipient. The
problem areas at every stage in the process
of communication and other things that
can distort communication is
called the barriers of communication.

2. Types of Barriers
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Physical Barriers
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Semantic Barriers
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Language Barriers
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Socio-psychological Barriers
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Organisational Barriers
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Cross-cultural Barriers

3. Physical barrier
Obstacle that prevent a message from reaching the
intended recipient may be outside and beyond the
control of the persons concerned.
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Defects in the medium :- Defects in the devices like telephone,
postal
System, failure in Electronic medium etc.
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Noise in the environment :-Noise during transmission process
carried by air vibration, traffic,factory work, talking
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Information overloaded :- Too much information e.g. advertising
and sales information

4. Semantic and language
Barriers
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Semantic barrier arises because words means
different things to different persons.
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Age, Education, Cultural background, words
having multiple meaning, technical terms,
pronunciation and the stress on words, similar
sounding convey different meanings etc.

5. Socio-psychological Barriers
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Most of the socio-psychological barriers operate
at the emotional level.
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lf-centered attitudes :-Looking everything from
the point of view of our own interest & Desires,
some useful Information is missed
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Group identification :-Values & opinions
influenced by groups like family, relatives,
locality, Nationality,language becomes
barrier to communication

6. 
Filtering :-Filtering is the process of reducing the
detail or aspects of a message which results in
loss of information.
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Status block :-Social and official status distance
can raise a difficult barrier.
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Poor communication skill :-Lack of
communication skill prevents a person from
framing the message properly.
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State of health :-Physical condition like pain or
fever makes a person disinclined to engage in
communication.Perception is also low in poor
state of health.

7. Organisational Barriers
caused by delay made in the movement of the
information,misinterpretation, lack of
understanding, negligence,filtrations at every
level etc affect the efficiency as well as the
quality of work.
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Orgnizational policy
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Organizational rules and regulations
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Status relationship in organisation
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Lack of oragnisational facilities
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Wrong choice of channel

8. Cross-cultural Barriers
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Cross cultural factors naturally increases the
possible problems of communication. If, for
historical or political reasons, the relationship
between two countries are not friendly, there can
be even greater problems of communication.
Significant differences between cultures are:

National character/basic personality ,Language
,Values and norms of behavior,Social
relationships, thinking process,
perception,concept of time, concept of space.

9. Tips to avoid barriers in
work place

Avoid vulgur language

Have no assumptions

Do not cross question during important
discussions or meetings.

Provide proper information related to the work
before enaging in work.

10. Tips to avoid barriers in
work place

Avoid vulgur language

Have no assumptions

Do not cross question during important
discussions or meetings.

Provide proper information related to the work
before enaging in work.