Marianne is in her business statistics class, sitting by Darius. Darius is holding his cellphone under the desk, texting someone, and it is distracting Marianne from listening to the professor's lecture. This is an example of:
A) Feedback error
B) Encoding error
C) Decoding error
D) Noise
E) Failure of cross-cultural communication

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This is an example of noise, which is any external or internal factor that disrupts communication. Darius texting on his phone is causing a distraction for Marianne and preventing her from fully receiving the information being presented by the professor.

Marianne Is in Her Business Statistics Class, Sitting by Darius