How Does Communication Influence Self Esteem

Self-esteem is a critical part of one’s self-awareness as it heavily influences how we perceive and value ourselves (Beebe, Beebe & Ivy., p.32., 2007). Self-esteem also influences how we relate and interact with others as it can affect our perception. However, it is important to note that self-esteem is not static as it can change over the course of time or even over the course of a day due to both external and internal influences such as a television ads making you feel bad about your appearance, your boss criticizing your work, or for a positive example, someone complimenting your clothes. Communication influences self-esteem in a variety of ways that can either be positive or negative, which can range from self-expectations, self-talk and …show more content…
12., 2007.) My professional life revolves around communication as I work in a call center and every day I interact with people who need to leave messages for various reasons ranging from medical emergencies, to simple routine inquiries, or are looking to have a service provided and then relaying those messages to their intended recipients. I am intimately aware of the consequences of how noise can make a message unclear. Distilling the idea of a source or sender would be akin to someone who calls in requesting after hours service for a plumbing issue they are having and would like for a plumber to come out to assist. Often, it is hard for the message taker to interpret what exactly the caller wants on the outset of a call so you have to probe for information to get through all the noise, which sometimes is literal like a baby crying, they’re in a moving car, a loud television in the background, or bad cell service can create interference in understanding what they’re saying or it can be more literal in that you really don’t understand what the caller wants as they’re unclear, keep talking themselves in circles, or keep talking to someone else which keeps the message taker from being able to decode what the sender …show more content…
(Beebe, Beebe & Ivy., p.11., 2007.). We’ve created workarounds to this issue by creating shortcuts like emojis that can convey meaning and emotion, but this channel isn’t a perfect equivalent of face to face human interaction. This kind of channel is fantastic and integral to modern society, but the noise can hinder the quality of a message. An example of noise in this type of pathway would be misunderstanding someone’s post on social media as serious when it was only a joke. The two parties get their signals mixed and create