Low & High Context Communication Styles LOW CONTEXT • Explicit Verbal Messages • Self Expression Valued • Strive to Persuade Others to accept their Viewpoint • Clear, Eloquent Speech & Fluency Admired

Low & High Context Communication Styles • Less Reliance on Explicit Verbal Messages • Emphasis on Contextual Cues (Time, Place, Relationship) • Relational Harmony Valued & Maintained by Indirect Expression of Opinions • Communicators abstain from saying “No” directly • Communicators talk “around” the point • Ambiguity & use of Silence Admired