Which of the following is a semantic barrier?

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  1. Blurred image on television
  2. Unclear printing in newspapers
  3. Static broadcasting
  4. Redundancy in writing 

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Option 4 : Redundancy in writing 
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Communication is the practice of exchanging information between persons through a system of signs and symbols. 

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  • The communication is sent by the sender, and it is received by the recipient.
  • There are different types of Barrier Linguistic Barriers, Psychological Barriers, Emotional Barriers, Semantic barriers, Physical Barriers, and Cultural Barriers. 
  • Semantic barriers can occur occasionally as a result of the sender's unclear or convoluted information-delivery method.
  • Semantic barriers happen due to bad expressions, symbols, or words with different meanings, faulty writing, unclarified assumptions, denotations and connotations. 

Thus, Redundancy in writing is a semantic barrier. 

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