1. CAREERS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS
FIELD
Elly Rowe, Leslie Johnson, Taylor Brink, Theo Speier,
Alessandro Ricchiari

2. A COMMUNICATION DEGREE
 The central focus of the field is Human
Communication in all its aspects (DeFleur, Kearney,
Plax, 2005 pp.4)
 What is Communication?
 How much time do we spend communicating?

3. CONTEXTS IN THE COMMUNICATION FIELD
 Interpersonal Communication
 Intrapersonal Communication
 Small Group Communication
 Public/Rhetorical Communication
West, Turner, 2010, p. 33

4. THE FOUR TRACKS OF A HUMAN
COMMUNICATION MAJOR
 Human Communication Studies
 Journalism/Public Relations
 Media Production
 Media Studies
DeFleur, Kearney, Plax, and DeFelur, 2005
West, Turner, 2010

5. POSSIBLE JOB TITLES
 Let’s take a look at them now…

6. HUMAN COMMUNICATION STUDIES
 Speech-Language Pathologist (Speech
Therapist)
 Foreign Correspondent
 Speech Researcher
 Conflict Management

7. JOURNALISM/PUBLIC RELATIONS
 Journalist
 Marketing/Advertising
 Editor
 Publisher
 Photo Journalist
 News Anchor

8. MEDIA PRODUCTION
 Audio Engineer
 Sound Engineer
 Recording Producer
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9. MEDIA STUDIES
 Director
 News Reporter
 CEO of a Label for…
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10. JOB OUTLOOK
 Human Communication Studies
 Speech-language Pathologist
 Journalism/PR
 Journalist
 Media Production
 Audio-control Engineer
 Media Studies
 Director
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11. SKILLS ACQUIRED IN THE COMMUNICATION
FIELD
 Verbal and nonverbal skills
 Persuasion
 Work and personal improvements
 Technology
 Advantage in any job field

12. FAMOUS COMMUNICATION MAJORS
 Brad Pitt- actor
 Meg Ryan-actress
 Magic Johnson- star athlete
 Denzel Washington- actor
 Matt Lauer- TV host
 David Letterman- late night TV host
 Donovan McNabb- star athlete
http://commstudies.edgewood.edu/famouspeople.htm

13. SALISBURY ALUMNI CAREERS
ALUMNI NAME GRAD DATE CURRENT JOB ORGANIZATION
Gibson, Katie 05/2006 Enhanced Media Specialist Discovery Communications
Duffy, Ken 05/1999 Box Office Manager Philadelphia Phillies
Wood, Joann 05/1991 Attorney Dugan & McKissick, L.L.C.
Wojtek, Robert 05/2006 Disaster Preparedness Coordinator St. Joseph Medical
Center
Weiner, Ariel 05/2006 International Proposal Development Manager SGS
Watson, Caroline 05/2005 Media Planner, Merkley and Partners Maddox, Shea
05/2005 Asst. Manager of Operations UNDER ARMOUR, INC. Lam, Mark
05/2007 Sales Associate American Lawyer Media Advertising
Crisostomo, Contessa 05/2002 Media Reporter The Gazette/Post-Newsweek
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14. THE END

15. BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORK CITED
 CBSalary.com
 http://commstudies.edgewood.edu/famouspeople.ht
m
 www.bls.gov
 West, Richard, & Turner, Lynn. (2010). Introducing
communication theory. New York, NY: Mcgraw Hill.
 DeFleur, M.H., Kearney, P., Plax, T., & DeFleur,
M.K. (2005). Fundamentals of human
communication. New York, NY: McGraw Hill.
 www.salisburyuniversity.edu