Barriers to Effective Communication Paper
Communication is a two way process of transmitting & receiving verbal & nonverbal messages & exchanging ideas or information effectively. There are six components of communication which are context, sender encoder, message, medium, receiver decoder, and feedback. With every component of communication there is also a process of the six components. Context component is in every communication, written or verbal, and context is a broad term that every country and culture has their own conventions for processing. Sender Encoder component is the sender of the message whether the message is written or verbal there will always be a sender encoder in any type of communication. Message is the component of what you are trying to communicate or the message you are trying to receive, a message can also be written or verbal. Medium is the component in which the message is sent like the content of the message whether written or verbal between the sender and the receiver. Receiver decoder is the receiver of the message whether written or verbal. The last component is the feedback, which is the response from the receiver of the information whether written or verbal.
The differences between listening and hearing in communication can also be broke into different components of communication. Hearing simply means that you may be hearing sounds going into your ear but you are not processing what is being said. You may even hear the words that are being said clearly but if you are not processing what is being said then you are not listening. Hearing can be written or verbal just like with any type of communication. If you receive an email and are just skimming the words and not really reading the complete email, then you are hearing what is said but you are not processing what is being said so you are not listening. In order to listen you must give your full attention to what the message is whether it is written or verbal....
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