Communication succeeds only through shared contextual beliefs that cannot be fully formalized

Evidence

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 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The semiological influence leads to the emphasis on the key role of the (largely unconscious) linguistic, visual, and cultural codes that underlie the communications process. In a fundamentally transformative reversal, this emphasis shifts the question of misunderstanding from being a marginal kink in a communications process otherwise presumed to be smooth to a central place in the analysis—where differential understandings of any message are seen as the norm. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 759 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Instrumentalized communication destroys the possibility of shared truth — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 378; The ritual view of communication maintains society in time through shared beliefs — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 161; Misunderstanding is the norm rather than an anomaly in communication — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 759 (+8 more)

Related

• Every communication medium depends on shared organic conditions among participants (similarity 0.89)
• The ritual view of communication maintains society in time through shared beliefs (similarity 0.88)
• Communication’s ritual view aims at maintaining society in time, not extending messages in space. (similarity 0.88)
• Society is constituted by communication, not by similarity of customs. (similarity 0.87)
• Communication is a symbolic process producing and maintaining reality. (similarity 0.83)
• All communication is necessarily a partial selection from inner reality (similarity 0.82)
• Communication misunderstanding is the norm, not a marginal defect. (similarity 0.82)
• Instrumentalized communication destroys the possibility of shared truth (similarity 0.81)
• Carey’s special contribution was that both ritual and transmission views are needed. (similarity 0.81)
• Situation-level symbolic transactions can influence society’s broader reproduction (similarity 0.81)
• Communication constitutes reality rather than merely representing it (similarity 0.81)
• The transmission view defines communication as sending messages across distance for control (similarity 0.80)
• Misunderstanding is the norm rather than an anomaly in communication (similarity 0.80)
• People answer what they think you mean, not what you say (similarity 0.79)
• All communication rests on a non-negatable taken-for-granted baseline (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The ritual view of communication maintains society in time through shared beliefs #corroborates (0.80) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 161
• Every communication medium depends on shared organic conditions among participants #expands (0.75)
• Instrumentalized communication destroys the possibility of shared truth #qualifies (0.72) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 378
• Misunderstanding is the norm rather than an anomaly in communication #complicates (0.72) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 759