Winston is watching a suspenseful TV program with a group of friends.During the commercial break everyone starts discussing the show and he cannot hear the commercials even though he really wanted to watch the new Pepsi ad.Winston's inability to receive the Pepsi message illustrates which element of the communications process?
A)encoding
B)decoding
C)feedback
D)common ground
E)noise

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Winston's inability to hear the commercial due to the discussion with his friends is an example of noise. Noise refers to any interference or barrier that prevents the message from being accurately received, and in this case, the discussion was the interference preventing Winston from hearing the commercial message.

Winston Is Watching a Suspenseful TV Program with a Group