As Carlos listened to Brynn's speech advocating closing U.S. borders to immigrants, he became upset at her stereotypical view of
Latin American immigrants. He sat back in his chair, frowned, and looked angrily at the speaker. Carlos was involved in the communication process of __________.
Decoding in the list of communication processes involves the person who receives the message, in this case Carlos, trying to make meaning out of what the sender is saying. The sender in this instance is Brynn.
So, when Carlos listened to Brynn's message of closing the border, he understood the message to mean that Brynn was stereotyped against the Latin Americans and his reaction to that was infuriation.
No, because as you said it "does NOT contain fact-based details" therefore it is not reliable. If something doesn't contain fact-based details, it isn't reliable.
