low-context culture
low-context culture · low-context cultures
A culture in which communication tends to be explicit, with little reliance on context…A culture in which communication tends to be explicit, with little reliance on context or shared understandings to convey meaning.
Meaning
1 sensesA culture in which communication tends to be explicit, with little reliance on context or shared understandings to convey meaning.
Origin
Coined by anthropologist Edward T. Hall in his 1976 book Beyond CultureCoined by anthropologist Edward T. Hall in his 1976 book Beyond Culture
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