So every time that someone asks me what I want to do with a degree in Mass Comm I always have to reply "I don't really know yet." My interests in the field are many and varied, and I have yet to truly settle on one. I hope that one of the classes I take will make me instantly fall in love with one aspect of the field like filmmaking, but until then I'm stuck with the "I don't know".
I really like the idea of broadcasting. The (theoretical) one camera reaching a million viewers, the concept is unreal. I realize that we have moved into an age of narrowcasting (thank you internet) but I believe that Broadcasting will always have it's place. side-by-side with my fascination with broadcasting is my fascination of the art of manipulation. I mean, of course, advertising. Advertising is a fantastic thing, I like the idea of getting people to buy something that they didn't know that they needed. The various manipulations range from sly to outright devious, but all of them are incredibly interesting.Whether the ad itself be a lowly quarter page spread in the corner of the Journal or that Superbowl commercial that someone spent $15 million on, the entire psychology behind it is spellbinding.
Another fun thing that falls under mass comm is public relations. I have been told the shmoozing is waht I do best, and this sort of position is all about it. Getting whoever you represent what they need from the public, be it sympathy or whatever, you can do it! It holds the same psychological fascination as the advertising, and the knowhow to control the way a press conference or something else like it goes, it really is a cool thing.
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