CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Laws and Business Communication · Process of Communication
In the communication process, the person who originates a message and puts the idea into a form that can be transmitted is called the:
The originator of a message is the sender. The sender conceives the idea and encodes it into words, symbols or gestures for transmission, whereas the receiver is the party who gets and interprets the message.
- AReceiver
- BSenderCorrect
- CMedium
- DDecoder
Explanation
The sender (encoder) is the source who conceives an idea and shapes it into a message. The receiver is the person for whom the message is meant and who interprets it, so it is not the originator.
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