Describe four common types of communication barriers.

Four common types of communication barriers are noise and distractions,competing messages,filters,and channel breakdowns.Noise and distractions can be both physical and emotional and are especially common due to the widespread habit of multitasking.Competing messages make it difficult to gain and keep your audience's attention and can result in information overload,which makes it difficult to distinguish between useful and useless information and increases workplace stress.Messages can be blocked or distorted by filters; i.e.,any human and/or technological interventions between the sender and the receiver.Filtering can be intentional or unintentional.Finally,channel breakdowns occur when the channel you select fails to deliver your message at all.