Low context culture

Low context culture

Low context culture (and the contrasting ‘high context culture’) are terms presented by the anthropologist Edward T. Hall in his book Beyond Culture. It refers to a culture’s tendency to cater towards in-groups. An in-group being a group that has similar experiences and expectations, from which inferences are drawn. In a low context culture, these similar experiences and expectations, are to a lesser extent used to communicate. Much more is explained through words, instead of the context. In contrast, in a high context culture many more things are left unsaid, letting the culture explain.


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