Barriers in Communication

Barriers in Communication

Communication is defined as a process that delivers information from one place to another. The sender needs to have proper communication in order for the receiver can decipher the message correctly or otherwise it shall be what we call barrier in communication phenomena. Thus, causing a misfit in the contain of message that being convey.

This is what we call a miscommunication in the first place. There are many reasons that lead to why good communication fails actually. That is why it is crucial for a feedback to confirm that the message the being received as the sender intended. Moreover, barrier may cause all your effort become waste and money consuming due to all these confusion.

Not to mention that usually all the conflict arise is due to the fact of small misunderstood and barrier during communication. One small distorted message can cause a war to emerge. One wrong word in conversation can cause a conflict to occur between people. That’s why people need to be alert and cautious when communicate with others.

The common barrier usually to happen is the use of jargon in speaking. Why? It is in fact that it is over-complicated and using unfamiliar term making the communication become tough and difficult. Using a difficult term or unrecognized jargon can cause confusion among audiences. Thus, it is better to use the term you confident only next time.

People will find that it is difficult to have a proper communication due to influences of physic and mindset. Differences in perception and viewpoint shall making people become harder to communicate and causing a barrier to erupt among both sides. After all, the core of the communication is the message itself. If people didn’t get the message then it is a barrier.

Some are having barrier to communicate due to the fact of their physical disabilities. For example, hearing problem, blur viewing, speaking difficulty, and so on. This restriction will restrict people in communication and causing them to lose their courage to engage in conversation.  It depends on the person himself on how to overcome this obstacle alone.

Having physical barrier to non-verbal communication is another barrier that common to occur. This usually happen due to the receiver can’t see or understand the message that is given through gesture, posture, and body language. Thus, it causes the communication to become less effective and not to mention creating an awkward situation.

Engaging in language differences usually occur to make the conversation become harder. It is actually difficult to understand an unfamiliar accent during communicate and not to mention when it happen during crisis. It sure play with emotion and patience during communicate just to obtain the necessary information that you seek.

(Source: Google)

All these also fall under the category of cultural differences. This shall lead to the cultural shock which occur when two different cultures met especially in communication. Having a difficulty in communicate is a normal reaction. After all, having language barrier will make people easy jump to conclusion and hard to even exchange a simple greetings.

The psychology of communicator sometime causes this barrier to conduct. The psychological state shall influence on how the communication is sent, received, and perceived. This is especially true when it involved emotion during conversation. For example, when you are angry, it is hard to send the message correctly without being influence with it.

Surrounding scenery can influence on the condition of the conveyed message. If the surrounding is louder than your speaker, then it will cause you to be hard in receiving the information delivered. Not to mention, it shall make you hard to fully grasp the content especially if the significant background play a louder noise than the speaker himself.

Communication usually easy to conduct over short distance as the geographic distance plays a big role in conversation between two sides. People are more prefer to have a face to face conversation rather a long distance communication. After all, the ideal communication is face to face. This shall make the communication conducted in the best and proper way.

Attitude of the audience is actually important in having a good communication. This phenomenon is what people call as Attitudinal Barrier. Just like the name suggest, it is come from personality conflict due to the poor self-management conducted during conversation. Be an effective receiver by overcome your own attitudinal barriers for effective communication.

That’s why people need to communicate properly in order to deliver the message without messing up the content. Lack of understanding the role can make the conversation more difficult and forget to do respectively task. Without prepare or knowing what to expected is the main reason why the barrier being conducted and causing miscommunication.

Try to be alert and cautious during communication. Always apply the three steps every time to make you aware of the barriers to effective communication and how to avoid or overcome them. The step that I mention is consisting of is listening, clarification, and reflection. These three steps will help you to check whether the message is clearly understood.

Break down the communication barrier. People will become more understanding and adapt during communication between people who have different opinions. By creating an environment like this, it makes people feel safe to speak up without hesitation. No longer being restricted and having barrier barricade from each other’s during communication.

. Conclusion, communication is a simple thing in the end. What make it difficult is the human themselves and causing miscommunication here and there. Thus, try to create an environment that highly focused and achieve the outcome through proper communication. Engage more in communication and disciple yourself to conduct a good communication.