In high-context cultures,________.
A)people rely less on circumstances surrounding the message to convey meaning
B)the primary role of communication is to build relationships
C)people rely less on the explicit content of messages to convey meaning
D)the conveyed meaning is encoded into the message itself
E)people rely less on cues to convey meaning

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B) In a high-context culture, people rely less on the explicit content of the message and more on the context of nonverbal actions and environmental setting to convey meaning. Also, in a high-context culture, the primary role of communication is often building relationships, not exchanging information.

In High-Context Cultures,________