What Is a Lean Medium

A “Lean” Medium refers to the “Fat Over Lean

What is a lean communication medium?

1. Media with reduced capacity to carry information, with face-to-face communication being the standard by which others are judged. Asynchronous text communication for example is considered to be lean media, while full motion video/audio is considered to be rich.

What are lean media best used for?

According to the media richness theory, lean media (emails) was best used to reduce uncertainty and rich media (face-to-face) was best suited for reducing equivocality.

Elena Rostova

Elena Rostova

Lead Health, Wellness & Medical Journalist

Elena Rostova holds a Master's degree in Public Health Journalism. She covers groundbreaking medical research, holistic wellness trends, mental health awareness, and nutritional science.

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