NOISE

A Communication barrier

Presenters
Mehroz Ayyaz
Muhammad Sulaman
Noise
Noise is any disturbance which interferes with the transmission and understanding of a message.

Noise
 reduces the effectiveness
 causes confusion
 affects the clarity of the message being transmitted between the sender and the receiver.

SENDER NOISE RECEIVER

 • Physical Noise
• Technical Noise
• Social Noise
• Psychological Noise
Kinds of • Semantic Noise
Noise • Physiological Noise
Physical Noise

 It is caused by interference from the external environment during the conveyance of the message.

Examples
• Humming of an air-conditioner, computer, air conditioner, or heater
• Loud playing of music by the neighbours
• Extremely high temperatures or very bright (or dim) lighting
• Construction activities
Technical Noise
.
 This noise involves the failure of the medium of communication

Examples
 Crackle on the telephone line
 Illegible handwriting

NOT WORKING
PROPERLY
Social Noise
It occurs when people communicate differently from one another because they have been socialized into different cultures,
groups, age, gender, social class, race, gender, ethnic identification, or religious background

Examples
In many countries around the world a ‘thumbs-up’ is a positive ‘good news’ gesture (meaning “ok”, “yes”, or ‘I approve”),
whereas in some countries such as Afghanistan, Nigeria, parts of Italy, Greece and South America is it an offensive obscene
insult
Psychological Noise

 It is caused by the differences in the manner in which the receiver processes and interprets the
message

Examples
 Wandering thoughts
 Preoccupied mind
 Preconceived ideas
 Crushing Deadlines
 Worries about Money
 Biasedness
Semantic Noise

 Semantic Noise is the interference in delivery of message on account of differences in language or social
and educational backgrounds.

Examples
 Excessive use of jargon
 complex words which are not understood by the receiver
 Phrases from foreign language
 Unique word usage
Physiological Noise

Physiological noise is any physiological (Mental) issue that

interferes with communication

Examples
 Migraine
 Hunger
 Fatigue
 Talking too fast
 Talking too slow
 Forgetting to pause
 Forgetting to breathe
 An example of physiological noise on the listener’s side is hearing problem
Overcoming Noise Noise can be reduced by using more than one channel of
communication so that if there is a problem in one
(Redundancy) channel the message may be completely sent through the
other channel e.g. phone, meeting, verbal instructions etc.