Question

The basic dimensions of a culture include context, individualism, power distance, communication style, and time orientation. Cultural anthropologist Edward T. Hall developed the concept of context and placed cultures on a spectrum from low to high context. A low-context culture does not rely heavily on extensive environmental information while a high-context culture relies heavily on environmental information. As you complete the following exercises, you’ll notice that context is often closely related to the other dimensions of culture. The following descriptions identify a dimension of culture. Which dimension is described in each case? The German culture believes in personal responsibility in business matters. Individualism Power distance Communication style Time orientation

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: communication style

High context culture and low context culture are the terms that you would encounter when studying the communication style dimension of a culture.

High context culture refers to the type of culture that rely heavily on implicit language in their communication. This means that when they are communicating, they give a lot of attention to body languages, intonation, or expression that might change the context of the message.

while low-context culture tend to rely heavily on explicit language. Meaning that they pay less attention to things such as body language /intonation. People in this culture will take the things that you say on face value.