Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The ritualistic view of communication is that it is not used for the promotion of self-interest.

Statement II: In contrast, the transmission mode of communication considers it as an instrumental act.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer answer from the options given below:

Key Points

Statement I: The ritualistic view of communication is that it is not used for the promotion of self-interest.

Ritual Communication

• It examines how people create and express meaning through verbal and non-verbal rituals. Ritual communication extends beyond collective religious expression.
• The ritual view of communication is a communications theory proposed by James W. Carey, wherein communication–the construction of a symbolic reality–represents, maintains, adapts, and shares the beliefs of society in time.
• In short, the ritual view conceives communication as a process that enables and enacts societal transformation.
• The ritualistic view of communication is that it is not used for self-interest.

Hence statement I is correct

Statement II: In contrast, the transmission mode of communication considers it as an instrumental act.

Transmission' view of communication  Vs Ritualistic view:

• The 'Transmission' view of communication focuses more on the imparting or sending of the information to the recipient.
• 'Ritual' view on the other hand is more about participation, sharing, and more importantly, encouraging a feeling of community.
• The transmission view of communication is about imparting information to others, it’s a mode of sending and ultimately spreading messages usually as a means of control; it is a view of communication that relates to the earliest of human desires, 
• The ritual view of communication on the other hand has a different purpose.
• More than the purpose of extension of messages in space, the purpose is to serve the maintenance of society by helping in generating a community feeling and in the representation of shared beliefs.
• In contrast, the transmission mode of communication considers it as an instrumental act.
• While the transmission model has the sender and receiver as the main participants, in a ritual model, there are many more participants.
• In transmission mode, the receiver gets the message, but in the ritual view, the participants enjoy a shared experience giving it a sense of community experience.

Hence statement II is correct

Therefore we can say that Both Statement I and Statement II are correct