The statement is false. A basic communication model fundamentally consists of at least four essential elements: a source (sender), a message (content), a transmission medium (channel), and a destination (receiver). Communication is the process of conveying information from a sender to a receiver. Without a receiver to interpret the message, the process is incomplete and cannot be considered communication. Therefore, the receiver is a mandatory element.

A. This option is not provided, but if it were "True," it would be incorrect because a receiver is a non-negotiable component of any complete communication model, including the Shannon-Weaver model.

1. Shannon

C. E. (1948). A Mathematical Theory of Communication. Bell System Technical Journal

27(3)

379-423. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1948.tb01338.x. The foundational model explicitly includes a "destination" (receiver).

2. Kurose

J. F.

& Ross

K. W. (2017). Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th ed.). Pearson. Chapter 1

Section 1.1 "What Is the Internet?"

implicitly defines communication as occurring between end systems (which act as senders and receivers).