How Do You Describe The Potential Barriers To Effective Communication?
*The choice of words or language which a sender uses (called ‘encoding the message’) will influence the quality of communication. In the English language, there are about 500 basic words that are used everyday. These 500 words have over 10,000 different meanings. Because language is a symbolic representation of a phenomenon, room for interpretation and distortion of the meaning exists. *Misreading body language, tone, and other non-verbal forms of communication *Ignoring non-verbal language *Selective hearing *Hesitation to be candid *Distrust *Value judgment *Power struggles *Unreliable transmission (due to noise or inconsistent sending) *Defensiveness (a typical barrier in a work situation, especially when negative information or criticism is involved) *Distorted perception (How we perceive communication is affected by experiences. Perception is also affected by the organizational relationship two people have.
