High and Low Context Communication Styles
The "context" is the information that surrounds an event and is strongly connected with the event. The elements that combine together to give meaning to an event are different depending on the culture.
High context refers to societies or groups where people have close connections over a long period of time. Many aspects of cultural behavior are not made explicit because most members know what to do and what to think from years of interaction with each other. Your family is probably an example of a high context environment.
In high-context societies, there is less verbally explicit communication and less formal information. Multiple network ties and intersections with others create more internalized understandings of what is communicated. These relationships are long term and there are strong boundaries concerning who is accepted as belonging versus who is considered an "outsider." Decisions and activities focus around personal......
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