Stella is surfing the Internet to look for affordable apartments in New York City.Every time she clicks on a link to a website,she gets interrupted by random pop-up ads.She doesn't know how to disable these pop-ups and finds them extremely irritating.In the basic communications model,these pop-up ads are classified as _____.
A) stimulants
B) noise
C) encrypted data
D) mediators
E) moderators

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In the basic communications model, noise refers to any interference that hinders the message from being effectively transmitted and received. Pop-up ads are a form of noise as they interrupt and distract the receiver (in this case, Stella) from accessing the desired information on the website.

Stella Is Surfing the Internet to Look for Affordable Apartments