Question

Communication begins with

(A) encoding

(B) idea origination

(C) decoding

(D) channel selection​

Answer 1

Communication begins with

idea origination

Answer 2

Option (B) idea origination

• The first step of communication is idea origination or generation.
• The process of idealizing, creating, developing ideas, and implementing them into actions.
• It must be done carefully otherwise the listener will mislead the message and result in misinterpretations.

• Ideas are the first step towards making improvements.
• It is the pre-communication stage, the communicator thinks about the subject which he\she wants to convey.