Carey's ritual model of comm. analysis (extended)

There are many times in our life that we must resort to our social media accounts to post about things that do not involve ourselves. Your brother graduated high school, your mother just got a new job, your dog just turned 3000 in dog years, and your grandmother just got a brand new car... but none of them have any social media. Okay maybe your dog does cause you made an account for them on IG (but why would anyone do that? lol ok maybe you do my bad).... But why do we do this? Are we ever pressured? maybe, and we just don't realize it, but there has to be something more. From what we in our social media and society class have spoke about with so many ideas that are so well constructed, there must be an answer at some extent.


https://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2010/10/november-is-national-blog-posting-month.html

The reason I have resorted to Carey's ritual model of communication as extended is because it's far much more than what we have comprehended from the texts in class being that the structure of it is setup for one to post about either an accomplishment, moment in time, milestone, or something significant that does not involve theirself but only their loved one or individual that is close to them that does not particularly have access to social media. Probably will also never see that post unless showed by another individual, and your dog wouldn't even realize that's them on the screen. okay maybe they will, but you get the point. I promise I love my dog she's pretty smart!

The extensive output of Carey's ritual model of communication goes into the depths of us as individuals on our social platforms feeling the need or making it a priority to post to certain holidays, national pancake days, and of course so many others on literally a minute to minute basis. Of course not everyone does this, and they probably will never do it if they have gone this long without so, but for the ones that do and yes we know the existential number that do in our social society, feel as if that priority is so intrinsic to them. If they don't get that post out on Facebook about their best friend's birthday who doesn't have a facebook, they will have that emptiness as if their task is not complete. We as individuals have specific statusses that we of course need to maintain, and if they are not then we feel as if we lost a piece of what we had just the day before we did not do something to our own status quo. That specific philosphy is what is transferred towards our postings of people of course, but things that we "think" are important to our internet image, the more time we use those accounts, the more we feel as if we need to implement certain extents on them that complete what we care about or there is no real meaning for the user of that account that is felt at least at some degree.