Communication’s ritual view aims at maintaining society in time, not extending messages in space.

Evidence

The ritual view of communication, though a minor thread in our national thought, is by far the older of those views—old enough in fact for dictionaries to list it under “Archaic.” In a ritual definition, communication is linked to terms such as “sharing,” “participation,” “association,” “fellowship,” and “the possession of a common faith.” This definition exploits the ancient identity and common roots of the terms “commonness,” “communion,” “community,” and “communication.” A ritual view of communication is directed not toward the extension of messages in space but toward the maintenance of society in time; not the act of imparting information but the representation of shared beliefs. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 161

Categorization

• DEFINE: The core definition of the ritual view, including the etymological link among commonness, communion, community, and communication.
• SEED: An essay contrasting the tempocentric ritual view with the spaciotemporal transmission view could anchor a survey of media history.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 161
• XREF: connects to: The ritual view of communication maintains society in time through shared beliefs — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 161; Communication is a symbolic process producing and maintaining reality. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 180; Society is constituted by communication, not by similarity of customs. (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• The ritual view of communication maintains society in time through shared beliefs #expands (0.85) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 161
• Algorithmic moderation fails when reduced to information transfer rather than ritual meaning. #exemplifies (0.85) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 1406
• Media effects depend on active negotiation with audiences’ existing cultures, not mere transmission. #exemplifies (0.80)
• In sociable conversation talk becomes an end in itself, not a vehicle for content #exemplifies (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 381
• Communication is a symbolic process producing and maintaining reality. #expands (0.65) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 180