Interpersonal Communication and Barriers: A Case Study

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
1.1: Three methods of interpersonal communication......................................................................2
1.2 Factors affecting the interpersonal communication...................................................................3
2.1: Communication cycle...............................................................................................................3
2.2: Analysis and Evaluation of the effective barriers to communication and its remedies............5
2.3 Barriers that can be improved....................................................................................................6
3.1 & 3.2: Possible Strategies and improvement in communication...............................................6
3.3: Support structures available to carers.......................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
According to Communication is a way of imparting the information either by writing, in the
verbal form or using some other medium. It is the act of conveying message from one door to the
door that can be understood mutually by using different symbols and semiotic rules. There are
two types of communication, the interpersonal and the external communication. The report talks
about the interpersonal communication and the communication cycle in detail. Furthermore, with
regards to the case study the barriers of communication are also highlighted and the ways to
improve such barriers have been discussed in detail (Fogel, 2017).
1.1: Three methods of interpersonal communication
The three methods of interpersonal communication are Verbal, Written and Non-Verbal
Communication. These communication measures are necessary to share the information between
the relevant parties (Gilkerson and Southwell, 2015). These can be language, singing or body
language.
Under the verbal communication the information is shared with the help of face meetings,
telephone calls, video chats and presentations. This example is a perfect fir of the singing as a
medium to communicate with the others.
The written communication on the other hand is the mode of communication under which the
information is passed via emails, text messages whereas the earlier mediums were faxes and
letters. The best example for this is the language.

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Lastly in the non-personal communication the relationship is built using the gestures and the sign
languages that allow the people to remain connected (Hargie, 2016). Lastly the boddy language
will for the best part of this category.
1.2 Factors affecting the interpersonal communication
Factors affecting the interpersonal communication are cultural, situational, developmental and
physical communication. These communication factors are the biggest elements affecting the
communication.
Cultural Factors include language, morality, perspective and the customs and the belief systems.
Situational Factors involve the personality traits, genetics and the temperament.
Development factors include the media, advocacy, communication for social change and the
participation form the community (Barnlund, 2017).
Physical factors include the facial expressions, eye contact, touch and the postures and the
gestures.
2.1: Communication cycle
From the image below it can be observed that the communication cycle is the process of passing
the information form one end to the another end using the assistance of the seven elements
altogether (Dimmick, 2017).
The seven elements are outlined below.
 Sender
 Ideas