The background for a Benadryl allergy medication ad appearing in the magazine Better Homes and Gardens shows green grass and lovely flowers. The headline states "Benadryl is 54 percent more effective than the leading prescription"

At the bottom of the ad, in small print, is an explanation of how the effectiveness of Benadryl was determined. The ad also shows a package of Benadryl so consumers can easily recognize it at the store. Identify the different components of the communication model for this advertisement.


The marketers of Benadryl are the source. These marketers encoded their ideas into the actual message, which includes the images and text of the advertisement. The medium for this communication is the page in Better Homes and Gardens. The receiver is anyone reading the magazine who sees this page of advertising; the receiver may or may not decode the message in the way the marketers intended. Noise could pop up at any stage of the communication process.

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