Stella Is Surfing the Internet to Look for Affordable Apartments

Multiple Choice

Stella is surfing the Internet to look for affordable apartments in New York City. Every time she clicks on a link to a webpage, she gets interrupted by floating ads. The ads stay on the screen for 30 seconds. She does not know how to disable them and finds them extremely irritating and disruptive. In a basic communication model, these floating ads are an example of _____.

A) feedback
B) noise
C) a source effect
D) a message effect