What are the barriers to communication?

By barriers to communication we mean the obstacles or problems in the way to effective communication. Among the barriers to communication are:

• Non-verbal signals or body language by the sender or recipient of the message
• Language, which may be ambiguous or too specialized
• Distorted listening by the recipient of the message
• Pre-judgments held by the sender or recipient of the message
• Nature of relationship between the sender and recipient of the message
• Messages that involve emotion either on the part of the sender or recipient
• Lack of suitable systems to get the message across