0 used to describe communication in which the words that are used are most important in understanding the meaning of what is said, rather than the situation, the speakers' relationships, or other things such as a speaker's voice and movements:
Those who recognize themselves as being from low context cultures need to pay attention to the diverse ways information may be being communicated by their high context culture counterparts.
It is usually claimed that low-context communication (characterized by precision, clarity, and completeness of self-contained utterances) is typical in cultures which value logic, objectivity, individualism, and competition.
Low-context communication provides the lowest common denominator for intercultural communication through the Internet by making messages linear, articulated, explicit, and therefore easier to understand in the absence of contextual clues.
The differences between high and low context approaches to communication become even more important in the exchanges over the issues under negotiation.
The German culture is a low context culture which supplies high amounts of information usage and low amounts of body contact.
