The amount of information that a communication medium can carry and the extent to which the medium enables the sender and receiver to reach a common understanding is known as:
A)Information richness
B)The medium
C)Decoding
D)Noise
E)Encoding

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Information richness refers to the capacity of a communication medium to carry a large amount of information and the ability of the sender and receiver to have a common understanding. The other options (B, C, D, E) are related to communication but do not specifically address the capacity of a medium to carry information and enable understanding.

The Amount of Information That a Communication Medium Can Carry