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1
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Channel

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The medium through which a message passes on its way from source to receiver

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Communication

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The process whereby one person stimulates meaning in the mind of another through verbal and/or nonverbal means

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Content

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The substantive aspect of a message

4
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Decoding

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The receiver’s act of attaching meaning to a message sent by a source

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Encoding

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The source’s act of transforming an idea into a message to transmit to a receiver

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Feedback

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The interplay between encoding and decoding messages

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Fidelity

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The extent to which the message after transmission is similar to the message originally transmitted

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Labeling

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The act of interpreting a situation and treating the interpretation as real

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Message

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The result of an act of encoding

10
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Noise

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Any condition that affects the fidelity of the message being sent

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Punctuation

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The way in which people segment a sequence of words or behaviors

12
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Receiver

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The recipient of a message

13
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Relationship

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The affective aspect of a message

14
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Source

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The originator of a message