Elements of Communication

The person with the message to communicate.

• Sender

• Receiver

• Message

• Channel

Any idea that the sender wants the receiver to understand.

• Sender

• Receiver

• Message

• Channel

The person or persons whom the message is addressed.

• Sender

• Receiver

• Message

• Channel

The medium that carries the message is called:

• Sender

• Receiver

• Message

• Channel

The process of putting the message into the form in which it is to be communicated is called:

• Encoding

• Decoding

• Feedback

• Channel

The process of interpreting the exact meaning of the message is called:

• Encoding

• Decoding

• Feedback

• Channel

Any distraction which competes with the message for the receiver's attention.

• Feedback

• Channel

• Noise

• Context

The receiver's observable response or reaction to the sender's message.

• Channel

• Feedback

• Context

• Frame of Reference

Decoding is the process of putting the message into the form in which it is to be communicated.

• True

• False

The medium that carries the message is the channel of communication.

• True

• False