It is no secret that styles of communication very significantly affect behavior of people at the moments of their interaction with other people. On in what style of people will communicate, the personality, his perception of reality, character, mood, the social status and other circumstances influences. The ritual style of communication is more often than others can be caused by intergroup situations.
The ritual form of communication is a communication of people which takes place strictly according to the standard norms and rules of etiquette. It is inherent in very many people who owing to a profession or the social status are not able to afford to communicate in other style (democratic, for example). The ritual type of communication approaches in situations when the main mission of partners (interlocutors) – support of communication with society, strengthening of idea of itself as about a part of society. Extremely important point – interlocutors at the same time and become attributes of a ritual.
Here main features of ritual communication:
- The set of a talk, contacts, exchanges of courtesies which from outside can even seem senseless, less informative is carried out.
- The purpose of ritual communication – confirmation of – the representations, thoughts.
- Participants of such ritual in every possible way avoid disputes, the conflicts.
In the reality surrounding us there is a set of traditions, rules, rituals. There are situations in which everyone - certain mask, its qualities are defined in advance. Such actions demand only one – ideal knowledge of rules of the game. The simplest example of ritual communication – we meet on the street remotely the familiar person, and education demands that we learned how it lives, a couple of minutes talked about weather. It is also the most widespread element of ritual communication.