Barriers to effective communication

Barriers to effective communication

There are three parties that can make a barrier to and effective communication:

1. the sender
2. the receiver
3. the medium

The Sender

1. the message could be too long
2. the medium could be something the receiver never learned
3. the message was too complex
4. the sender chose a poor medium

The Receiver

1. The receiver never got the full message
2. the receiver doesn't understand the message

The Medium

1. The information was lost
2. The receiver never learned or knew of the medium
3. Noise disrupted the message