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The goal is not to impart information, but rather to enhance shared beliefs. It draws people together through fellowship and having and sharing something in common.

Burke notes that the importance of drama is finding a perceived similarity between the speaker and the listener. Then the audience is more likely to believe that the speaker is "talking sense." In other words, this could be called the commonality aspect of the ritual mode of communication. The more the speaker and listeners are similar, the more they will share common beliefs.

Goffman talks about how people represent themselves. If they represent themselves as honest, as they really are, then there is a greater chance for a ritual communication to take place. If they present themselves as something they are not or wear a mask of deceit, then others cannot relate to them and a commonality cannot occur.

Garfinkel discusses the order or lack of order in the world. Without some form of ritual communication, there cannot be order. The lack of commonality and cohesiveness leads to anarchy and chaos.

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Performance can lead to or detract from ritual communication. If the person/persons performing have a message that is understood and related to by the audience members, then ritual communication can take place -- there is a sharing of thought and values. On the other hand, if those performing are completely alien to the audience, a sense of belonging and commonality cannot take place.

The women in Jorgenson's study of engineers can have ritual communication if they find enough in common with one another to share similar beliefs and values. if, instead, they only have their career in common, there is less chance that they will be able to have a sense of agreement over a period of time.

Brown, R.H. (1992). Poetics, politics and professionalism in the rise of American psychology. History of the Human Sciences, 5(1), 47-61.

Osborne, T., & Rose, N. (1997). In the name of society, or three theses on the history of social thought. History….....

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