<P> High - context culture and low - context culture are terms used to describe cultures based on how explicit the messages exchanged are and how much the context means in certain situations . These concepts were first introduced by the anthropologist Edward T. Hall in his 1976 book Beyond Culture . According to Hall, messages exchanged in a high - context culture carry implicit meanings with more information than the actually spoken parts, while in low - context cultures, the messages have a clear meaning, with nothing implied beyond the words used . </P> <P> In a higher - context culture, the way words are said is more important than the words themselves, so many things are left unsaid, relying on the context of the moment and the culture as a whole to impart meaning . In a lower - context culture, it is very important for the communicator to be explicit in order to be fully understood . </P>

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