Communications Process Vocabulary

_______________ is the response the receiver gives back to the sender’s message.

• Channel

• Feedback

• Transmitting

• Encoding

The person or group that will get the message is called the _____________ .

• catcher

• sender

• receiver

• channel

The process of the receiver thinking about and interpreting the message for understanding is called ____________

• encoding

• decoding

• transmitting

• feedback

A _____________ is the tool that carries the message to the desired person or group

• channel

• station

• transmission

• message

The step in the process where the receiver gets the message is called _______________ .

• Transmitting

• Receiving

• Sending

• Catching

The _______________ is the thought, idea, opinion, etc. which the sender has encoded (organized) and wants to send to someone using a channel.

• opinion

• agenda

• message

• feedback

When someone sends the message through a selected channel, it is called _________________ .

• mailing

• transmitting

• push notification

• transmission

_______________ is the process of organizing the information in a way that can be best understood by the person who is supposed to receive it.

• Encoding

• Decoding

• Transmitting

• Feedback

The individual or group that first sends a message is the ___________ .

• Transmitter

• Sender

• Receiver

• Channel

______________ is the first step in the communications process. This is where a message is developed to be shared with others.

• Encoding

• Decoding

• Thinking

• Feedback