The model of encoding and decoding shows how

a. the audience decodes the message according to what was intended by the encoder or media producer.
b. there is only one way of interpreting media texts.
c. the audience uses their own framework of knowledge to decode the message.
d. the audience is a passive consumer who believes in everything in the media.


c. the audience uses their own framework of knowledge to decode the message.

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