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1. Attitudes and values - The messages are interpreted by the people in terms of their attitude and values. Self interest prevents people to see others point of view .If the message runs contrary to their view they distort it.
2. Different perceptions or reality - Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true. Two people have different perception of life. It could be due to diff. physical senses of hearing, sight, taste smell etc. Hence we see or hear according to our abilities.
3. Closed mind - Limited intellectual background, reading causes a persons mind to be narrow. This limits the ability to communicate better.
4. HALO effect and group identification - this is the effect due to a persons trust . We tend to believe in everything if it is coming from a person of trust.
5. Status block - status is the position or social rank of a person in a group. People in senior position mostly have the attitude of ‘I know better than you'. this acts as barrier. Status consciousness often is directly proportional to lack of information.
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