COMMUNICATION AND ADOPTION 3(3+0)

Lesson 15 : Barriers in Communication

Barriers in communication

During communication we often hear people say that there was some misunderstanding, which mean the receiver has not understood properly what the sender wants to communicate. Such misunderstanding or misinterpretation happens because of some obstacle or barriers in communication. In technical terms anything that obstructs free flow of communication is called as noise. As the process of communication involves sender channels and receiver, the problems of communication could be with either one or more of them.

The barriers of communication may be classified according to

1. Phases of communication
2. Type of problems and
3. Nature of problems