Barriers to Communication (5 Mark Paragraph question)

Communication is the process of conveying messages from one person to another. Those elements that break the free flow of information from sender to receiver  are the barriers to communication.

There are mainly five different types of barriers are there to check the free flow of communication. They are; 

* Interpersonal Barriers

* Intrapersonal Barriers 

* Organizational Barriers 

* Verbal Barriers

* Non Verbal Barriers 

* Interpersonal Barriers

Wrong Assumptions, varied perception and Differing background may causes breakage in proper communication.

Intrapersonal Barriers

Attitudes and opinion( Halo effect and Horn effect), emotional outburst, cultural variations and noise( physical or environmental) also work as a barrier to proper communication.

Organizational Barriers

Wrong choice of medium, fear of superiors and information overload may act as  a barrier in communication.

Verbal Barriers 

Lack of proper planning, selection of wrong variety of language, wrongly decoded or Badly encoded messages, semantic gap, diffrence in perception of messages, variatioj on language cause verbal barriers to communication.

Non- Verbal Barriers

Avoiding eye contact, continuous awkward gestures and pose are some examples of non-verbal barriers to effective communication. 

These are the major barriers to effective communication.