Multiple choice

Which of these is a concept about how messages can be interpreted differently from what was intended by their sender?

  1. Authorial intent

  2. Reception theory

  3. Code

  4. Belief system

  5. Aberrant reading

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E Correct answer
Explanation

Aberrant decoding or aberrant reading is a concept used in fields such as communication and media studies, semiotics, and journalism about how messages can be interpreted differently from what was intended by their sender.