This document discusses various barriers to communication. It identifies physical, semantic, psychological, organizational, cross-cultural, and mechanical barriers. Physical barriers include noise, time/distance issues, and information overload. Semantic barriers arise from differences in language meanings and interpretations. Psychological barriers stem from human attitudes, emotions, and perceptions. Organizational barriers involve issues between levels in a organization. Cross-cultural barriers relate to differences in cultures, languages, values, and social norms. Mechanical barriers involve faulty communication devices. The document provides examples and explanations for each type of barrier and suggests ways to overcome barriers like simplifying language, understanding other cultures, and using alternative communication methods.

1. barriers to
communication
Prepared by:
Bhavyta sindhav

2. WHAT IS COMMUNICATION?

3. communication is the art of transmitting knowled ,
idea,information and thoughts from one person
to another person.
The transfer should be such that the reciever
understands the meaning and the intent of
the message and give proper feedback.

4. IMPORTANCE
 Necessary for planing
 Understanding each other
 Establishment of effective leadership
 Increases efficiency
 Basis of decision-making
 Smooth working of enterprise
 Motivation
 Co-ordination

5. BARRIERS OF COMMUNICATION
• Uploding distortion during the communication resulting in
the receiver obtaining a diffrent message than
that sent by the sender is referred to as barriers
in communication(also called as"Noice" or "distortion"
in communication).

6. What is a barrier in communication?
- Every obstacle that stands between the sender
and receiver
- The most important thing is the message.
- This message should be clear enough in order to
avoid misunderstanding.
- Seek feedback to chek that the message is understood.
- Health education may often fail due to communication
barriers the educator and the community-these may be.

7. FACTORS
environmental fear
technological stress
organizational status
emotions misinterpretation
distance trust issues
personal intrests nagative self image

8. CLASSIFICATIONS OF BARRIERS
Classification
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
Organizational
Physical
Mechanical
Cross-cultural
Psychological
semantic

9. PHYSICAL BARRIERS

10. Noice
 Physical noice (Outside disturbance)
 psychological noice (inattentiveness)
 Written noice (bad handwriting/typing)
 Visual noice ( late arrival of employees)

11. Time and distance
 Improper time
 Defects in medium of communication
 Network facilities
 Mechanical breakdowns

12. Information Overload
• Piling up to tasks due to improper
time management.
• Excess number of people assigned for same task
• Work overload/information duplication..

13. MECHANICAL BARRIERS
faculty instruments:
Use of defective communication device affects the
transmission and reception of message. Faulty
instruments give rise to barriers to communication.
Machine illiteracy:
Many people lack adequate knowledge and skills to
use modern communication technology like computer,
internet,video conferencing etc. Lack of knowledge to
handle the instruments may create barriers to
communicaton.

15. SEMANTIC BARRIER
When a message is sent by a sender to a receiever ,it
might be interpreted wrongly in a communication
process causing misunderstanding between them.
this can happen due to different situations that
from the semantic(of, relating to, or arising from the
diffrent meaning of words or other symbols) of the
sender and receiver ,known as the semantic barrier.
it also arises due to language, education,culture and
place of origin(dialect or accent) or most likely their
experiences.

16. these words are known as homophones
✔ pronunciation
❌ spelling
❌ meaning
SIMILAR SOUNDING WORDS
Examples:
 pale/pail
 alter/altar
 buy/bye/by
 rain/reign

17. WORDS HAVE MULTIPLE PRONUNCIATION
These words are known as homographs
✔ spelling
❌ pronunciation
❌ meaning
examples:
 the bandage was wound around the wound.
 we must polish the polish furniture.
 he could lead if he would get the lead out.

18. WORDS HAVE MULTIPLE MEANING
These words are also known as homonyms
✔ spelling
✔ pronunciation
❌ meaning
examples:
 never desert your friends in the desert
 close the window befor the bee gets too close

19. DENOTATIONS AND CONNOTATIONS
 Denotations: The literal meaning of word
 cannotations: the emotional and associations connected to a
word
- favourable connotations: "honest","noble","sincere"
- unfavourable connotations:"cowardly","slow","incompetent"
Examples:
They gave us cheap stuff.
At this shop ,they sell things cheap

20. language barriers
 different languages
 no clarity in speech

21. language barriers
 using jargons
 not being specific

23. WHAT IS PYSCHOLOGICAL BARRIER?
psychological barriers
can be described as
the couse of distored
communication
because of human
psychological problemes.

24. PYSCHOLOGICAL BARRIER?
 Attitude and opinions
 Emotions
 filtering and distortion of
message
 status difference
 in attention
 close mind
 field of experience
 poor relation
 self -image

25. ORGANISATIONAL
BARRIERS

26. Organizational Barriers
Loss or distortion of messges as they pass from
one level to another
Filtering of inromation according to one's understanding
interpretation
Message not read completely or not understood correctly
Deliberat withholding of information feom peers perceived
as rivals
Information gap if upper level does not know
the true state of affairs

27. Lack of communication policy
Authoritarian attitude of management
Poorly defined authority and responsibility
Too many levels in organization structure
insuffcient communication training

28. CROSS-CULTURAL BARRIERS

29. WHAT IS CULTURE
Culture is the characteristics
and knowledge of a particular,
gruop of people ,encompassing
language,religion,cuisine,social
habbits,music and arts.

30. cross culture communication
 Meaning of cross culture communication
 Understanding different cultures facilitates cross
cross culture communication
 Components of cross culture communication

31. Different Cross Cultural Barrier
 language
 values

32. Different Cross Cultural Barrier
 Social relation
 Concept of time

33. Different Cross Cultural Barrier
 Gestures
 concept of space

34. Ways To Overcome barriers to
communication
For physical Barriers-
 Appropriate seating arrangement
 Ensure visibility & audibility
 Environmental comfort
 Minimise visual/oral distractions
For Semantic Barriers-
 Use of simple lanuage
 Symbol & charts
 Active listening/constructive feedback

35. For Social-psychological Barriers-
 Calling Attention & motivation
 Assistance & sympathy
For Cross Cultural barriers-
 Understanding of traditions &customs
 Information of all sides of culture

36. For Organisational Barriers-
 Simple organisational structure
 Avoiding information overload
 flexibility in meeting targets
for machanical barriers
 The postment of transmission,
or communicating by an alternativ
method,is the only way to overcome
the barriers

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