Disadvantage Of Oral Communication

Disadvantage Of Oral Communication

Oral communication has the following limitations or drawbacks:

1)    It is less reliable.

2)    It is influenced by self-interest and attitude of the people.

3)    Oral communication has the tendency of being distorted.

4)    It provides no record for future reference.

5)    It is not suitable for lengthy message.

6)    It does not provide sufficient time for thinking before conveying the          message.

7)    It has language problems, one may mean to convey something, but due    to his way of speaking, it may convey something else.

8)    It cannot be used to communicate with people scattered over distant        places.