Communication and the Barriers of Communication

Karissa Keller

HAS 320-1401B-02

Phase 2 DB

Communication and the Barriers of Communication

It truly is amazing the technological and medical advances we as a human race have made, yet we still have not discovered advancements in communication. I am not talking about the latest I-Phone, but being able to communicate effectively with one another. Who can blame us though? As a nation being led by people who get to dictate the direction of our country cannot even have a decent, objectively based conversation without pointing fingers at one another and saying it’s not my fault or its your problem not mine.

Communication is a process that we use to exchange information, thoughts, and even feelings emotions CITATION Hea12 l 1033 (Healey & Marhese, 2012). There are different types of communication we use during this process, such as verbal and non-verbal. Verbal communication is used when we need to our express our ideas or share information. Verbal communication can occur in two forms oral and written CITATION Nay12 l 1033 (Nayab, 2012). Oral communication specifically uses word vocally to start the communication process. Written communication means putting your words down on a format that requires the recipient to actually read the words instead of listening to it, such as texts, emails, or the old-fashioned pen and paper method.

Non-verbal communication occurs when we use our body and faces to do the communicating for us. Even the way we may shift our body weight during a conversation can say something without us actually opening our mouths. Nonverbal communication helps the receiver of our message to interpret the message CITATION Nay12 l 1033 (Nayab, 2012).

With the different types of communication being used by humans on a daily basis, it leaves us to wonder why we have such a difficult time in communicating with one another. These difficulties are in the form of barriers of communication.