Question

Miriam needs to talk to her mother about wanting to change her major. She could go in and say, "Mom, I'm changing my major." But

she thinks about how her mother will accept the message and tries a different way to express herself. This is an example of
O decoding
O denotative meaning
O encoding
O analyzing noise

Answer 1

This is an example of encoding.

In the communication process, the person who formulates and emits the message is able to (and sometimes required to) adjust their message depending on the impact it might have on the audience. By doing this, the encoder is making sure that their message is received the way they want it to be received.