Alex is having trouble concentrating on a report he is reading because his smartphone keeps ringing and his colleagues keep sending him text messages. What kind of communication barrier is this?

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Distraction is a communication barrier that occurs when something interferes with the ability of the sender or receiver to focus on the message. In this case, Alex's smartphone and colleagues' text messages are distracting him from reading the report.

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