Travis missed the small ad for Walker Nursery in the newspaper today because his attention was attracted by an ad for an estate sale that was on the same page.In terms of the communication process,the ad for the estate sale kept Travis from seeing the plant nursery ad and acted as:
A) noise
B) a decoding block
C) negative feedback
D) a receptor block

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Noise in the communication process refers to any external factor that distracts attention away from the intended message, as the estate sale ad did with the nursery ad.

Travis Missed the Small Ad for Walker Nursery in the Newspaper