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“Commination process of COVID 19 Awareness & vaccination”
Submitted to
Nafiza Islam,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Management
Prepared by
Name: Smita Bhowmick
Roll: 20211077
Submitted to
Nafiza Islam,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Management
Prepared by
Name: Smita Bhowmick
Roll: 20211077
Dear Madam,
It is my great pleasure to submit you my report on “Communication Process of COVID 19
awareness and vaccination.” I have tried my best to complete this report properly following the
guidelines provided by you.
This report represents the communication process of Government and mass population of
Bangladesh about how they maintain their communication and receive feedback. This process is
very much important because every decision that Government makes is on basis of what the
individuals requires.
I have confidence that the report has increased theoretical knowledge to a great extent. I will be
obliged to answer any query that may arise during the evaluation of this report. So, I am
fervently requesting and hope that you would be kind enough to accept my report and oblige
thereby.
Sincerely,
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Smita Bhowmick
EMBA 29th Batch
Roll: 20211077
Jahangirnagar University, Savar
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Student Declaration
I am Smita Bhowmick, student of EMBA program, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, 29h batch
(springl), declaring that this report on the topic of “Communication Process of COVID 19
awareness and vaccination.” have only been prepared for the fulfillment of Business
Communication course.
I hereby declare that this report has been solely prepared by me and to the best of my knowledge.
It contains no materials previously published or written by any other person which have been
accepted for the degree at Jahangirnagar University or any other educational institution except
It has not been prepared for any other purpose, reward, or presentation.
………………………….
Smita Bhowmick
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Acknowledgement
At the very beginning the author would like to express my deepest gratitude to almighty. This
Author wishes to express her sense of gratitude to respective academic supervisor, Assistant
Professor, department of Management Studies, Jahangirnagar University, Savar from the core of
my heart for her kind support, guidance, constructive supervision, instructions and advice and for
Special thanks to, Preanka Bhowmick (senior officer, Janata Bank ltd.), Rukaiya Atika(Intern Dr.
Khulna Medical College),Towheed Chowdhury(General Officer ,NCC Bank ltd.), Sekander Ali
Rasel(Intern Dr. Jessore Medical College) for providing knowledge and necessary information to
Finally, author is thankful to her family with great respect for their blessings, supports and
sacrifices.
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Executive Summary
The process of communication refers to the transmission or passage of information or message
from the sender through a selected channel to the receiver overcoming barriers that affect its
pace. The process of communication is a cyclic one as it begins with the sender and ends with
the sender in the form of feedback. It takes place upward, downward and laterally throughout the
interaction, both affecting and being affected by many variables. Communication process
consists of certain steps where each step constitutes the essential of an effective communication.
The communication process is the guide toward realizing effective communication. It is through
the communication process that the sharing of a common meaning between the sender and the
receiver takes place. Individuals that follow the communication process will have the
feedback. There are also two other factors in the process, and those two factors are present in the
form of the sender and the receiver. The communication process begins with the sender and ends
In the methodology the author has shown how the report paper has been completed. For this
report the author has used both primary and secondary data. The secondary data was the
information that the author collected from the internet, website, books and by developing a
questionnaire and managing a sample size from different background of profession, the author
has completed the primary data collecting part. After all these the author has analyzed the data
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and selected the data which to keep and which are essential for the paper and presented all the
The report is about representing the Communication process of COVID 19 awareness and
vaccination and showing their communication model. To understand how Government and mass
people operates its communication system and make it effective. Also to know their strategies
and the barriers they are facing while this communication process. By the discussion from the
report paper author can find out the barriers remaining in their communication process and come
up with new recommendations to make it more effective for the both parties.
A proper communication process is essential for bringing awareness among people during this
pandemic situation.it helps to enhance trust, avoid rumors, both internal trust and external
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Table of Contents
Letter of Transmittal ........................................................................................................................ i
Student Declaration ......................................................................................................................... ii
Acknowledgement ......................................................................................................................... iii
Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................... iv
Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Background of the Report ................................................................................................ 2
1.2. Objective .............................................................................................................................. 3
1.2.1. Core Objective ............................................................................................................... 3
1.2.2 Specific Objective........................................................................................................... 3
1.3 Scope of the Report ............................................................................................................... 3
1.3.1. Communication for Vaccination: .................................................................................. 3
1.3.2 Communication in International Affairs: ....................................................................... 3
1.3.3. Figuring out the Barriers: .............................................................................................. 4
1.3.4. Barrier Minimization Strategies: ................................................................................... 4
1.4. Limitations of the Report ..................................................................................................... 4
1.5. Structure of the Report ......................................................................................................... 5
Chapter 2: Methodology ................................................................................................................. 6
2.1 Research design ..................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Data Collection Procedure: ................................................................................................... 8
2.3. Questionnaire Development: ................................................................................................ 9
2.4 Sampling: .............................................................................................................................. 9
2.5 Data Processing Procedure: ................................................................................................... 9
2.6 Data Analysis: ....................................................................................................................... 9
2.7 Data Preparation: ................................................................................................................... 9
2.8 Report Writing: ..................................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 3: Awareness of Covid 19 Scenario ................................................................................ 11
3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 11
3.2 News type Analysis: Knowledge ........................................................................................ 12
3.3 News Type Analysis: Attitude ............................................................................................ 15
3.4 News Type Analysis: Practice............................................................................................. 19
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Chapter 4: Literature Review and Theoretical overview .............................................................. 22
4.1 Literature Review ................................................................................................................ 23
4.2 Communication Process ...................................................................................................... 24
4.3 Elements in the Process of Communication ........................................................................ 25
4.3.1 Sender ........................................................................................................................... 25
4.3.2 Message ........................................................................................................................ 25
4.3.3 Encoding ....................................................................................................................... 25
4.3.4 Channel ......................................................................................................................... 26
4.3.5 Receiver ........................................................................................................................ 26
4.3.6 Decoding ....................................................................................................................... 26
4.3.7 Feedback ....................................................................................................................... 27
4.3.8 Barriers to Effective Listening ..................................................................................... 28
4.4 Communication Model ........................................................................................................ 31
Chapter 5: Discussion on Objectives ............................................................................................ 32
5.1 Business Communication Characteristics between Govt. and Mass population ................ 33
5.2 Business Communication Elements between Government and mass population ............... 33
5.2.1 Sender:.............................................................................................................................. 33
5.2.2 Message: ........................................................................................................................... 34
5.2.3 Media:............................................................................................................................... 34
5.2.4 Receiver:........................................................................................................................... 34
5.2.5 Feedback: ......................................................................................................................... 34
5.2.6 Barriers: ............................................................................................................................ 34
5.3 Communication Model between Government and Mass population .................................. 35
Source ........................................................................................................................................ 35
Messages ................................................................................................................................... 35
Receiver ..................................................................................................................................... 35
5.4 Communication Process between Government and mass communication ......................... 35
5.5. Barriers Faced by Govt. in Their Communication System ................................................ 36
5.5.1. Being Unclear .............................................................................................................. 36
5.5.2. Not Listening Properly ................................................................................................ 36
5.5.3. Vaccine Confidence ..................................................................................................... 36
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5.5.4 Perceptual Barriers ....................................................................................................... 37
5.5.5.Vaccine safety............................................................................................................... 37
5.5.6.Attentional Barriers ...................................................................................................... 37
5.5.7. Too Much Information ................................................................................................ 37
5.6. Practices Adopted by Government to Minimize the Barriers ............................................ 38
Chapter 6: Summary of findings ................................................................................................... 40
Summary of findings ................................................................................................................. 41
Chapter 7: Conclusion and recommendation ................................................................................ 43
Conclusion................................................................................................................................. 44
Recommendations ..................................................................................................................... 44
References ..................................................................................................................................... 45
Appendix 1 .................................................................................................................................... 46
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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.2 Objectives………………………………………………………………….....…3
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1.1 Background of the Report
from the sender through a selected channel to the receiver overcoming barriers that affect its
pace. The process of communication is a cyclic one as it begins with the sender and ends with
the sender in the form of feedback. Effective communication leads to understanding. The critical
Understanding exists when all parties involved have a mutual agreement as to not only the
information, but also the meaning of the information. Effective communication, therefore, occurs
when the intended message of the sender and the interpreted message of the receiver are one and
the same. Although this should be the goal in any communication, it is not always achieved.
immeasurable in the world of business and in personal life. According to the World Health
Organization, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has infected more than 100
million people worldwide and has triggered over2 302 302 deaths.1 The first confirmed case in
Bangladesh was reported on March 8, 2020, and an increase in the positive cases of COVID-19
was identified in late April and early June 2020, respectively.3,4 Therefore, some healthy
lifestyle was imposed by experts to combatCOVID-19. This report paper reflects the
communication process between Govt. and mass population. The report paper also covers the
medium that they use for their communication, the barriers that commonly appear and the
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1.2. Objective
1.3.1. Communication for Vaccination: In this post-modern age, we cannot think of anything
information in formulating the ideas and policies. It also ensures effective performance of
vaccine etc. Thus; ultimate success of any public awareness depends on successful
communication..
not merely confined within the national boundary. COVID-19 is a global infectious disease that
emerged from Wuhan in the Hubei province of China in December 2019.It has spread to 210
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countries throughout the world. World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a pandemic on
Jan 30, 2020, and raised international public health concerns fort [1]. As of Jul 15, 2020, more
than 13 million people have been affected by this disease. To date, around 0.6 million deaths
have been reported. It has proved far more fatal than other coronavirus family members, with a
fatality ratio of 1.4% (varying slightly among countries) [2]. Between Dec 31, 2019, when the
Chinese authorities declared their first case of pneumonia of unknown etiology to until Jan 3,
2020, a total of 44 cases were reported to WHOM. However, the causal agent was not identified
during this reported period this study gives an opportunity to understand the communication
1.3.3. Figuring out the Barriers: Barriers are everywhere even if it’s between two per next to
each other. The barriers can be rumors about vaccine, information gap, message conflict etc.
among mass population. If they cannot overcome these barriers the whole system will collapse.
This report can show the common barrier for a communication process that Govt. faces
frequently.
1.3.4. Barrier Minimization Strategies: This report paper will show some major barriers that
Govt. faces regarding awareness about vaccination. Also, it will help to come up with new and
peoples.
• Because of the online survey a few people responded, and the sample size got smaller.
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• Most of the persons did not have a clear idea about the covid 19 awareness and vaccination
writing the final report paper is shown. The process that has
been adopted by the author for collecting the raw data and
Chapter 3 Govt. awareness of Government takes proper steps to control the Covid 19 as
Covid 19 Scenario well as take vaccination program and bring awareness among
people.
Chapter 4 Theoretical overview In this chapter author has shown theoretical overview of an
model, barriers faced while the process and its types. In one
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Chapter 5 Findings and discussion This chapter shows the communication process adopted by
Chapter 6 Summary of discussion This chapter summarizes the whole report paper in a short
passage.
Chapter 2: Methodology
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Methodology
Research Design
Questionnaire Development
Sampling
Data Analysis
Data Presentation
Report Writing
Research on effective
communication process
Selection of Collect
relative Secondary Data
variables
data
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Questionnaire
preparation
Data Analysis
Report
preparation
Primary source: A questionnaire was developed by the author and made an online survey from
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2.3. Questionnaire Development:
A survey was done for the purpose for a better understanding of the communication process of
Covid 19 awareness and vaccination. There are questions about the communication process,
the barriers they face while the communication and if they take any step to minimize the
barrier.
2.4 Sampling:
Target population: In this research study the population is the mass people of Bangladesh.
Sample size: There are 11 respondents for my survey which is my sample size.
prepared.
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Chapter 3: Awareness of Covid 19 Scenario
3.1 Introduction--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12
3.1 Introduction
Covid-19 crisis has just put a pause button on the world in the year 2020. The World Health
Organization announced Corona Virus crisis as global pandemic on March 11, 2020 (The
Washington Post, 2020). Bangladesh confirmed the first case of corona virus on March 8, 2020
(The Business Standard, 2020). Immediately after 10 days Bangladesh reported her first death
case (The Daily Star, 2020). In the meantime, the community transmission had already begun,
making the crisis running quite ugly. As a result, Bangladesh imposed total lockdown from
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March 26, 2020. (Anadolu Agency, 2020). Corona crisis brought psychological and socio-
economical pressure as people were losing lives and livelihood (Bodrud-Doza, et al. 2020). To
save the country from corona virus only lockdown was not enough. People needed to bring
urgent changes in the behavior pattern towards preparedness. Corona virus crisis required safety
measures; generally mass people were not fond of those. So, this was quite challenging for
Bangladesh to adapt these changes. Different stakeholders like government, health agencies and
mainstream media played important roles here. Media not only transmitted values but also
worked like a bridge between government and people of Bangladesh. When online platforms
were accused with untruthfulness (The Business Standard, 2020), Bangladeshi mainstream media
tried to put their best forward. News like “Fact vs. Fear” gave mass people idea about what to
believe and what not in this infodemic (The Daily Star, 2020). Bangladesh witnessed a massive
change in her people’s behavior in this pandemic. People are now tending to follow safety
routine more than ever. For example, the garments factories are now maintaining proper safety
The inspiration of this paper came from this rapid change in people’s behavior. As government
has shut down various online news portals for spreading rumors (The Business Standard, 2020),
this study finds how mainstream media played the role of changing agent towards people
behavior shift in preparedness. “Change Agent” refers to, “a person or thing that encourages
people to change their behavior or opinions” (The Cambridge English Dictionary, n.d)
Table- 3.2.1
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Measurements News- 01 Media &Date
Information about The news started with idea on Mers and Sars, and
19. Also gave the idea about the animals which are
sneezing or coughing.
What is Coronavirus or Covid-19? - was the starting line of the news which clearly indicated to
which direction the news is going to. In the following paragraph the whereabouts of Coronavirus
and the responsible virus and animals were revealed. Then the news discussed the contagion and
mortality rate with its severity. The rest of the news conveyed the behaviors that could be fatal,
Table- 3.2.2
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Headline Covid-19: Facts vs fear
Lockdown who is coughing or sneezing, stay home if feel unwell. Daily Star
The news focused to introduce the readers with the new virus named Covid-19. It starts with
giving primary knowledge about Covid-19 and later focused on telling people how to be safe
from this. The news gave details about the necessary health measurements. All together this
report was enough to enhance knowledge about Corona Virus itself and about prevention.
Table- 3.2.3
quarantine)
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Coronavirus
Social Distancing Suggesting strong home quarantine for those who returned to
returnee immigrants.
Remarks The focus of this news was enhancing knowledge about home
The news was telecast when corona virus was very new to Bangladesh but has already spread in
other countries drastically. So, many remittance workers were returning to the country. As a
result, it was very important to give them the proper knowledge on maintaining home quarantine,
which this news did. Since some returnees were not maintaining home isolation, IEDCR warned
that there will be some strict laws applied on them. The news was solely focused on home
Table- 3.3
Corona Virus
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Social distance/ Avoid mingling with persons infected with the virus Daily Star
Lockdown
Mask While coughing or sneezing cover mouth and nose with a March 11, 2020
The news advises school, college students to bring changes in their attitudes in order to be safe
from the pandemic. The whole news is written to inform readers how they can keep their hands
clean how they will cough or sneeze in public place and why it is important to keep social
distance. As a whole, the news kept pushing the readers to bring some emergency changes in day
Table- 3.3.1
Information about Rather than spreading fear, the news focused on easing
Lockdown
March 13,
Sanitization Focused on sanitizing hand and every materials or daily
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usage products. 2020
The main focal point of this news was to spreading positivity amid the fearful situation. The
doctor who wrote the column, with making people aware, giving hope and suggesting
developing positive attitudes and behaviors, which could save people from both mental and
physical illness.
Table- 3.3.2
emergency)
the virus.
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The news states our attitude code in this pandemic. It starts with stating the urgency of home
quarantine. The news stretches the attitude code by influencing the readers to use masks. It states
the necessary measurements those have to take while travelling in public transport. Later it gives
explanation how we can follow sanitization rule, what should a person do if he/she has fever.
The news discourages to go to hospital for regular checkups. All together the news pushes for the
Table- 3.3.3
Coronavirus pandemic.
Samakal
Social Distancing / Stated the directives given by the Quran and the Prophet
This news was written from the perspective of the cautionary steps suggested by Islam during
plagues and pandemic. Also, the news made a bridge between the steps, the doctors are
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suggesting to follow and what Islam suggested. Here, all the cautionary steps and positive
attitudes were discussed and tried to be made justified by the messages of Islam. As a country
with majority of the followers of Islam, this news, from the context of Islam, suggest the
Table- 3.4
Television
Social distance/ Less gathering on the roads and public transports
Lockdown
March 09, 2020
Sanitization People said they wash hands every time the go back
home
construction side.
price
measurements
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The news showcases people’s safety maintaining practice. The audio-visual starts with footage
of a random person who accepts corona safety issues and follow those. In the news we see mass
people agreeing that they follow the protective measurements, wear masks whenever they go out
and wash hand after coming from outside. The news states that there is less gathering on the road
and public transports. This report establishes that people have accepted the health care rules and
Table- 3.4.1
Information about Expressing the concern, the news shows the preventive
getting cleaned.
Remarks The news is showing how Channel I and its staffs are
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The news content showed, how Channel I is providing their staffs the necessary tools. The office
environment is maintained as safe as possible. The staffs are maintaining social distance,
wearing masks, even the logistic tools getting disinfected again and again within a certain time.
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Chapter 4: Literature Review and Theoretical overview
4.2Communication Process…………………………………………………………………..25
4.4Communication Model………………………………………………………………........32
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4.1 Literature Review
A study (Jesus, 2012) suggests that the ample amount of health-related information promulgated
by the mass media has an imperative connection with building health awareness among people.
Irrespective of the health literacy and language barrier, mass media generated health
communication is influential to the media-consumers. Both the audiences who are actively
seeking health-advices and who are passively receiving the information are getting benefitted
from such communication. The study also says that, mass media can be an auxiliary force to
(Tahir, 2018) “HIV/AIDS Awareness and Electronic Media” was a study conducted in Pakistan,
where the relation among HIV awareness and education, ethnicity and electronic media was
investigated. The study suggests that, the educated are more aware of HIV but there was no
findings of proper connection with ethnicity. Also, the people who had more exposure to the
electronic media, precisely television and radio, had more knowledge on this issue than the
people of less or no exposure to the electronic media. The study indicates a positive association
(Kaur, Ghosh, Bhatia, 2014) the study gives analysis on SIRS epidemic model incorporating the
effects of the awareness programs by media. Here the targeted population is assigned to
compartments with labels S, I, R, and S. They were investigated along with the impact of the
media coverage on the spread and control of infectious diseases. The study suggests, mass media
awareness programs have a positive impact towards reducing epidemic risks. The study also
showed if mass media increases the coverage of awareness programs, there is a significant
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(Karasneh et al. 2020) did a study that evaluated the role of media in shaping perception of
pharmacists. The researchers set a questionnaire to identify the targeted pharmacists’ knowledge
level about disease awareness and media consumption. They suggest that there are effects which
media creates on mental wellbeing during this pandemic. It is found pharmacists had good level
of Colevel about disease awareness and media consumption. They suggest that there are effects
which media creates on mental wellbeing during this pandemic. It is found pharmacists had good
level of Covid-19 knowledge and high-risk perception which was influenced by the mediavid-19
from the sender through a selected channel to the receiver overcoming barriers that affect its
pace.
The process of communication is a cyclic one as it begins with the sender and ends with the
sender in the form of feedback. It takes place upward, downward and laterally throughout the
organization.
The process of communication as such must be a continuous and dynamic interaction, both
Communication process consists of certain steps where each step constitutes the essential of an
effective communication.
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4.3 Elements in the Process of Communication
4.3.1 Sender
The very foundation of communication process is laid by the person who transmits or sends the
message. He is the sender of the message which may be a thought, idea, a picture, symbol,
report or an order and postures and gestures, even a momentary smile. The sender is therefore
the initiator of the message that need to be transmitted. After having generated the idea,
information etc. the sender encodes it in such a manner that can be well-understood by the
receiver.
4.3.2 Message
Message is referred to as the information conveyed by words as in speech and write-ups, signs,
pictures or symbols depending upon the situation and the nature and importance of information
desired to be sent. Message is the heart of communication. It is the content the sender wants to
covey to the receiver. It can be verbal both written and spoken; or non-verbal i.e. pictorial or
symbolic, etc.
4.3.3 Encoding
Encoding is putting the targeted message into appropriate medium which may be verbal or non-
verbal depending upon the situation, time, space and nature of the message to be sent. The
sender puts the message into a series of symbols, pictures or words which will be
process as wrong and inappropriate encoding may defeat the true intent of the communication
process.
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4.3.4 Channel
Channel(s) refers to the way or mode the message flows or is transmitted through. The message
is transmitted over a channel that links the sender with the receiver. The message may be oral or
written and it may be transmitted through a memorandum, a computer, telephone, cell phone,
apps or televisions.
Since each channel has its advantages and disadvantages, the choice of proper selection of the
4.3.5 Receiver
Receiver is the person or group who the message is meant for. He may be a listener, a reader or
a viewer. Any negligence on the part of the receiver may make the communication ineffective.
The receiver needs to comprehend the message sent in the best possible manner such that the
true intent of the communication is attained. The extent to which the receiver decodes the
message depends on his/her knowledge of the subject matter of the message, experience, trust
The receiver is as significant a factor in communication process as the sender is. It is the other
end of the process. The receiver should be in fit condition to receive the message, that is, he/she
should have channel of communication active and should not be preoccupied with other
thoughts that might cause him/her to pay insufficient attention to the message.
4.3.6 Decoding
Decoding refers to interpreting or converting the sent message into intelligible language. It
simply means comprehending the message. The receiver after receiving the message interprets
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4.3.7 Feedback
Feedback is the ultimate aspect of communication process. It refers to the response of the
receiver as to the message sent to him/her by the sender. Feedback is necessary to ensure that
the message has been effectively encoded, sent, decoded and comprehended.
It is the final step of the communication process and establishes that the receiver has received
the message in its letter and spirit. In other words, the receiver has correctly interpreted the
and purposeful.
Consider the following points related to the feedback involved in the process of
communication-
• It enhances the effectiveness of the communication as it permits the sender to know the
• It enables the sender to know if his/her message has been properly comprehended.
• The analysis of feedbacks helps improve future messages. Feedback, like the message,
communication.
• We can represent the above steps in a model as the model of communication process.
in or outside of an organization.
In the lexicon of communication, barriers refer to specific items that can distort or prevent
information.
In a nutshell, anything that hinders the process of communication at any level is a barrier to
effective communication. Barriers can be originated at any point in the communication process.
Barriers are threat to the success of effective communication. They make communication
inaccessible, unintelligible thereby killing the prospect of its being effective. There must be
motivation and interest in a conversation to be able to listen effectively. However, even if there
is motivation and interest, there might be some barriers that affect our ability to listen well.
kind of barrier.
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• Unfamiliar Vocabulary: Words used by the speaker may not be familiar to you. The
speaker may use difficult words and jargons. As a result you cannot comprehend what the
speaker says.
• Elements of Connected Speech: The speaker is too fast. There are very few pauses and
the rhythm that might not be familiar to you. You fail to recognize familiar words
• Jargons: There can be technical languages that can be understood from any of the sides.
• Different Cultural Background: The speaker’s accent and pronunciation of words are
not familiar to you because of difference in cultures between you and the speaker.
• Unfamiliar Subject: The subject may not be familiar to you because you are not familiar
• Forming opinions and drawing conclusions before listening: It is not a bad idea to
know the purpose of your listening. But you may form opinions about the speaker even
before he or she speaks. People may make assumptions about the subject to be spoken
This may block your mind and as a result you will not be able to listen.
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Lack of interest in the topic: You may not listen
• Lack of interest in the topic: You may not listen if you do not have any interest in the
speaker’s topic.
• Inability to pay attention: Day dreaming and a wandering mind may prevent you from
listening.
• Prejudice: People may refuse to listen to something, which goes against your ideas and
Emotional fluctuation: A persona can be anywhere in his emotional stage at the moment. This
• Noisy surroundings: The environment may be too noisy, which may affect listening.
• Physical distance: Receiver may be too far away from the speaker or too close to the
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4.4 Communication Model
Models of communication are conceptual models used to explain the human communication
process. Following the basic concept and from the above discussion, a communication model of
Encoding Decoding
Noise
Message conflict and inconsistency
Feedback
Response, Asking questions, Request
information, Acceptance, Rejection
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Chapter 5: Discussion on Objectives
5.2 Business Communication Elements between Government and mass people ……..…...........32
5.4 Business Communication Process between Government and mass people …………............36
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5.1 Business Communication Characteristics between Govt. and Mass
population
The government launches the covid 19 vaccination awareness to prepare the general population
ahead of the mass inoculation against the highly transmissible virus. This communication needs
to be effective because if mass population don’t understand how important vaccination program
for them for controlling this pandemic situation. Otherwise Govt. will not be able to successful
messages or signals through a nonverbal platform such as eye contact, facial expressions,
of communication which uses spoken and written words for expressing and transferring
5.2.1 Sender:
In case of business communication between Government and mass population the sender is
Government. We are taking government as sender because mostly it’s their call to make contact
with people through some medium and the medium can be newspaper, radio, social media etc..
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5.2.2 Message:
The messages that are being exchanged between the Government and mass population are
mostly about the vaccination, registration, and accepted age of registration in surokkha app or
anything mass people require to know. It can be about anything related to the Covid 19
vaccination
5.2.3 Media:
The media that Government chosen is internet, particularly the surokkha app and other fruitful
Medias are news, television, magazine, radio. These Medias help them to know the necessity of
5.2.4 Receiver:
The receiver is mass population of Bangladesh who need to know about the proper knowledge
5.2.5 Feedback:
In an effective communication feedback is a must. It’s the only way to continue the conversation
and come to a proper understanding about what information is required. Feedback can be in a
5.2.6 Barriers:
There can be a lot of barriers that can hamper the communication between these two parties.
There can be wrong interpretation, poor listening quality, message conflict, resource
mismanagement, rumors, technological issues, Lack of interest in the topic, Inability to pay
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5.3 Communication Model between Government and Mass population
Noise
Poor listening quality Rumors, Resource
mismanagement, unfamiliar vocabulary,
forming opinions and drawing conclusions
Encoding Decoding
before listening, Lack of interest in the topic,
Inability to pay attention, network problem,
technical problem
Feedback
Response, asking questions, Request
information, Acceptance, Rejection
through selected channel for overcoming barriers and noise.in this communication process the
sender is government, the sender and is encoding the concept with his own perception of what he
wants to say. After the message is encoded the sender needs to choose a medium or channel to
send the message. The medium can be internet or a third person anything that will carry the
message to the receiver to the other end. When the message will reach the other end of the
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receiver the message will be decoded and the receiver will understand the message with his own
perception and point of view. The less difference between the sender and the receiver
understands the better effective communication it is. After receiving the message by the receiver
a feedback will be required to continue the conversation. The feedback can be anything,
regarding accept the vaccination program positively or reject the vaccination program basis of
some rumors. On basis of the feedback the sender can also become sure if the receiver has got
During this whole process there can be factor that interrupts the communication process which is
mentioned as the communication barrier. It is facts or obstacles that prevent receiver or sender to
understands of something must be different. However, the speaker must make sure that he is
properly. People usually jump to assumptions and make up things without apprehending and
letting others finish. This can be overcome by providing proper resource management and
concept, based largely on trust .Vaccine confidence is the trust that patients, parents or providers
have in
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➢ Recommended vaccination.
listener will not understand you or be uninterested in what you're speaking about - this may
consequently lead you to unintentionally harming your message, such as, using dismissive language or
Or you may be the listener that doesn't agree with the speaker's beliefs so you choose not to listen
properly or you look for faults in what they're saying rather than trying to understand.
5.5.5.Vaccine safety
Covid 19 vaccine safety surveillance manuals highlight the importance for countries to include some
plans for covid 19 vaccination. Some steps to community readiness is important. Some people think
that vaccine has some negative effects for their heath, who are believing those rumors are not
5.5.6.Attentional Barriers
The listener may not pay enough attention to what is being said, perhaps they're distracted or
uninterested or they think the speaker's topic is irrelevant. This is very common in verbal
communication, Communication is two-way; without paying attention and actively listening you will
message. This is especially the case if the message has a lot of information that is new to the receiver.
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5.6. Practices Adopted by Government to Minimize the Barriers
successfully vaccinating the mass population presents many challenges, from production t0
distribution, deployment and importantly acceptance. Trust in the vaccine is vital and is critically
dependent on the ability of government to communicate the benefits of vaccination and to deliver
the vaccines successfully and effectively The brief addresses the role of government in
promoting confidence in the effectiveness and safely through effective communication, as well
as trust in their ability to procure and distribute them efficiently and equitably.
➢ The extent to which the Government can install and maintain public confidence in the
➢ Government takes some principles and process that guide Government decisions and
review process.
➢ The effectiveness of the public engagement and communications that accompany these.
It is also important to ensure that Government actions are open to public scrutiny and that
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➢ Engaging the public when developing vaccination strategies and in the form and
➢ Share key message with staff through email, break room posters and other channels.
➢ Host discussions where employees at different level can ask questions and share concern
in a safe space.
Government Campaign
The campaigns are launched by the Government to create awareness on coronavirus vaccine in
rural and remote areas of country and also to” crush and curb the rumors being spread by some
vested interests ‘regarding ongoing inculation.various religious leaders prominent people through
Finally we can say that the Government takes proper steps to avoid the rumors about vaccination
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Chapter 6: Summary of findings
Summary of Findings……………………………………………..…………………………….42
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Summary of findings
immeasurable in the world of business and in personal life. From this pandemic perspective,
effective communication is an absolute must, because it commonly accounts for the difference
between success and failure or acceptance and rejections of taking vaccine. It has become clear
that effective communication is critical to the successful operation. Every person needs to
understand the fundamentals of effective communication to avoid rumors about vaccination and
In this pandemic situation an effective communication is a must. This is why development and
effective communication will improve team building. Honest and effective communication can
create a strong team. Communication helps solve morale issues by keeping entire process rumor
free.
Everyone who chooses to get vaccinated does it for a reason, someone may choose to get
vaccinated will always be those that are most compelling them too personally, to protect their
family, to be less anxious, to visit their parents or get back to the activities. The Government
takes proper steps to motivate the mass population through some channel like social media,
advertisement, and magazine.as a part of the society it is collective duty of each and every
individual to get the true information and also spread the awareness among the people so the
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An effective communication will be possible when the differences between sender and
receiver’s perception minimizes at its best. So, there will be factors like dealing with the barriers,
choosing proper media, proper time, correct receiver and proper adoption of feedback.
Government trying their best to choose the perfect communication process, it has a strong
communication process with an expertise team for communicating with every individual. If this
team fails of their communication does not take place effectively, ultimately there will be a
wrong command provided to the system which will lead increasing affected rate of corona virus.
Therefore, our Government ensures an effective communication system in their process and
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Chapter 7: Conclusion and recommendation
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………45
Recommendations………………………………………………………………………............45
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Conclusion
This study performed an online-based survey among people at different ages in Bangladesh
during September 2021.This report mainly addresses the communication process of covid 19
awareness and vaccination. Our findings divulge that involving in the creative use of social
and feeling accomplished. By delivering messages clearly, there is no room for misunderstanding
or alteration of messages, which decreases the potential for conflict. This is why Government
tries their best to maintain a strong communication process with their people and put much effort
for it.
Recommendations
• Use of Simple Language: Use of simple and clear words should be emphasized. Use of
• Reduction and elimination of noise levels: Noise is the main communication barrier
which must be overcome on priority basis. It is essential to identify the source of noise
“listening” and “hearing”. Active listening means hearing with proper understanding of
the message that is heard. By asking questions the speaker can ensure whether his/her
message is understood or not by the receiver in the same terms as intended by the
speaker.
• Avoiding Rumors: we can decrease the rate of affecting by getting Covid 19 vaccine,
make them understand the fact, vaccines are safe and effective. Once they are fully
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vaccinated, they can resume most activities that they stopped doing because of COVID
19 pandemic. For these reasons we should avoid rumors, people who have already gotten
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Appendix 1
The survey is to serve the purpose for a better understanding of the communication process
between the Government and mass population of Bangladesh. Also to know about the barriers
faced by them while communicating and the steps taken to minimize possible obstacles to
SL No Questions
6 Do you think noise is one of the most common communication barrier in term of
oral communication?
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