In the Basic Communication Model, When Someone Puts an Idea

question 115

Multiple Choice

In the basic communication model, when someone puts an idea into a message, he or she is ________ it, or expressing it in words or images.

• A) encoding
• B) decoding
• C) abstracting
• D) indexing

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Definitions:

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