In these fast growing days media play a very vital role in an individual’s life. Media is a source of communication and with the help of this people become well aware of the current issues that are happening in our daily life. Media affecting the individual’s social behaviour in positive as well as negative way by using different sources like TV, radio, internet and newspaper etc .When we look at media in positive way, it gives us a lot of information relating scientific and societal development. Thus, it it is necessary to have media in our life. Now a days almost every person depend on media due to various reasons like educational, personal as well as health aspects etc. Media changes the mind set of people, their living styles and also help them in improving their personal habits as well. It also provides us different ways to enhance our knowledge related to our field of interest. Media is the fastest way of conveying information to the whole world and also entertain us by providing different entertainment programmes. On the other hand, media has also negative impact on people’s behaviour ie some individuals especially youngsters misusing the media. Media harming the society and also misinterpreting the facts due to this negativity emerging among individuals. Thus, media has both positive as well as negative impact on people. So they need to understand the concept of both aspects in order to live in this globalized world.
Tag: Communication
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All children should study a foreign language in school, starting in the earliest grade.
Learning new language is important for the communication, communication is the key for career and personal success. It is a very handy skill to have. I would strongly agree that learning foreign language is important, all children starting from primary school should study foreign language.
From the childhood, child is communicating in his/her mother language and they become fluent enough with the passage of time. Learning new languages is important for the child because from start if he/she acquire this skill than it could help future flourish career growth. Moreover, in this world where we meet different people with different language and culture communicating with them require a language skill. In this way we can explain our thoughts to them.
World is moving towards advancement and it require a team to make it happen. Team of people from different parts of world so in order to communicate with them we acquire skill of 2nd language after mother language. Now we can travel around the world easily, and meet people from different culture. In order to spread our own culture we have to communicate our message to them in their language.
Effective communication in the workplace need skill of different language. For example, a sales person should know more then one language as he can encounter customer from different languages. So it is therefore necessary that all children should be given a course of foreign language in school.
In the school where foreign language study is not given preference then in the future those people experience communication gap in work places. This will affect their work, they would make errors and things won’t run smooth for them in the environment.
So it is important that children should study foreign language from primary school, there should be proper course for this in schools as it is important for communication which leads to success.
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Communication: Effective communication and barriers.
Communication can be defined as the process by which a message is exchanged from a sender to a receiver. It can be either internal or external. Internal communication is the one one done within the business, and external is the one done outside the business. Internal communication is very important as it ensures that all employees follow the same goal, and it is also used to motivate employees to increase productivity. Examples of internal communication are; Formal meetings and briefings, e-mail, conference calls & webinars, message boards and training packs (e.g. induction materials). External communication is made in order to keep contact with the stakeholders. It can be made through press releases, social media feeds, marketing materials (e.g. adverts, brochures, direct mailings), published financial information (e.g. accounts), letters, emails and telephone conversations with customers and suppliers and reports to government and other agencies.
Effective communication is one of the most important factors, for a successful business. However, there are some barriers that hinder effective communication. Communication through a wrong channel. There are several channels for communication, but not all cannot be used, in all situations. Business which fail to communicate according to the situations, face failure. For effective communication, ensuring that the message is understood is very important. Communication is not only delivering a message/ information, but also ensuring that it is understood by the receiver. In a process of communication, the receiver holds immense importance as it is the target audience. If a business doesn’t receive a feedback from the receiver, it may also be a barrier to effective communication. While communicating the audience needs are also supposed to be met in order to keep it effective. Businesses often communicate messages to employees without understanding the employees’ level of awareness, understanding or concern about a particular issue. This may result in ignorance of the topic of concern. In order to keep communication effective, it should take care of the needs, feedback and understanding of the audience.