The common idea within American culture that “lol” means “laugh out loud” is an example of which of the following? Beliefs in a culture
Customs in a culture
Knowledge in a culture
Values in a culture

Knowledge in a culture

Explanation:

Knowledge in a culture consist of 5 elements:  Cultural values, norms, , symbols, constructions , and cultural worldviews worldviews. The abbreviation of "lol" to represent "laugh out loud" is a symbol element of cultural knowledge.

Symbols are a collection of images, words, or gesture that is used by people from a certain culture to represent something. But in most cases, such symbol  might not be understood by other people from outside the original culture.

Example:

- 'lol'- perceived as laugh out loud by American people.

- But for Spanish people, it might be perceived as "Lots of love". They use phrase like "jajajaja" to reprsent laugh out loud .