Teeter Dunlap Focus Paper 3 & 4 Reflection Paper After doing some research on high and low context communication I found a much better explanation in the differences. While I share qualities of both, as I'm sure most people do, I found that I am definitely a high context communicator. Just in the ways that I think and relate things it Just made a lot of sense. I tend to relate a lot of the things I see and hear with other things and I do it all the time.

Always looking for a connection is Just something I developed over time.I tend to Joke around a lot but my Jokes tend to fail with people that don't have an understanding of me. When I talk to people I tend to notice body language and facial expressions and such quite a bit. I am a firm believer in the fact that there is a ton more to communication than Just words.

I actually prefer face to face as opposed to text based communication. Trust is probably the single most important thing when it comes to any type of relationship I have. All of my friends know that too.I definitely prefer to be in groups over one on ones. When it comes to learning about things such as people, schooling, work, or anything really I prefer to have a demonstration before I do it myself. As far as that goes though, I share qualities from both high and low context.

It's better that I learn something the correct way and that I learn it efficiently but how I learn it makes a huge impact at how well I use the knowledge. I like to make sure that I'm doing it correctly.However the strange thing is that I don't feel that I belong to any particular group or specific culture. I'm not one to hold on to traditions and I try to be more independent than rely on group relations. I definitely have low context though as well. Just not as dominantly.

I leave it up to people to figure me out, but all of my information is public and if they ask I will tell anything. I try to stay true to doing tasks the correct way and try not to "cut corners. I also tend to be more individualized and focused on who I am as a person as opposed to who I am in society. I tend to be fairly direct. I find myself explaining myself a lot and in depth to get my point across because people often get the wrong impression. "High Context vs.

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