Characteristics of one-way communication include all of the following except
a. it is sender controlled.
b. receiver feedback is not expected.
c. it always has negative value.
d. it is useful to give commands.
Always having negative value is not a characteristic of one-way communication, because one-way communication may have either positive or negative value. The remaining options are characteristics of one-way communication.
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