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In relation to communication barriers, explain the following terms i) Abstracting ii) Slanting iii) Built in resistance iv) Environmental stress v) Distortion

      

In relation to communication barriers, explain the following terms
i) Abstracting
ii) Slanting
iii) Built in resistance
iv) Environmental stress
v) Distortion

  

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Martin
In relation to communication barriers definition the following terms

i. Abstracting

An abstract is a condensation of something. When we communicate, we unconsciously resort to „abstracting?, i.e., keeping to the essentials. We eliminate what we decide to be superfluous. But the receiver may not be competent enough to understand what we have eliminated. Abstracting is necessary for good and effective communication but it should not be done in certain demanding situations. If done it becomes a barrier. When you are instructing a lay and illiterate person about cleaning the house you have to tell literally to remove cobwebs, sweep, dust and mop. Abstracting at this situation may not prove to be useful. The worker may not understand that you want every step and process to be gone through. But when you give the job to an agency you can simply say, I want the house “thoroughly cleaned”. They share your perception about the job. Good abstracting can remove barriers in communication caused by unnecessary words and details. In a communication 'process, if the participants have different levels of perception will be a barrier to communication.

ii. Slanting

Slanting is a barrier to communication. A slanted report is judgmental. News reporters are asked to report news and not give them a slant. A small crowd or a large crowd? is generally slanted expressions giving only relative meanings. Instead, if you say a gathering of about five thousand people you avoid slanting. Communication should also be unaffected by inferences and assumptions. Most inferences and all assumptions are highly subjective. They tend to become barriers if they form the basis of a message or information.

iii. Built in resistance
It is a possible psychological block which is emotional in nature. For example, you might be emotionally blocked if you are announcing a new policy you know will be unpopular, giving-the first major presentation on your job or writing to someone you dislike. The people with whom you are communicating are also subject to emotional blocks, they may feel indifferent or hostile towards you or your subject or be biased against you perhaps because of your youth sex, race, relatives, friends

iv. Environmental stress

Environmental stress as a communication barrier occurs when the message is sent in environment that lacks peace and is noisy. If a place is hot, claustrophobic, cold, crowded, or has bad reception, the message won't survive such extreme conditions. Therefore, make sure that meetings, phone calls, and the like, are attended to in quite areas, where you have access to good reception and a quiet place. If you happen to be in an inconvenient location or caught amidst an errand, call the person back later or reschedule meetings.

v. Distortions

Distortion refers to the loss of meaning of the message in handling. This largely occurs in the encoding and decoding stages of communication. r even clothes or against your subject perhaps because they think its illogical.

marto answered the question on February 5, 2019 at 05:41


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