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high-context communication  

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  • Anthropologist Edward T. Hall introduced the construct of high-context (HC) communication to describe the degree to which people rely on contextual factors rather than the explicit and transmitted part of the message to derive meaning in communication. In HC communication, people derive meaning from mutually shared information of the context that is associated with a communication event. [Source: Encyclopedia of Counseling; High-Context Communication]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/high-context_communication

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