Communication & Media

Colleges and Programs of Study

Why should you select a Communication/Media Communication major?

  • The Communication major highlights how we make and interpret meaning through the design, delivery, and evaluation of messages as individuals, in media, and in various cultures and contexts.
  • The Media Communication major emphasizes the role of media in our lives, as well as how to use media literacy skills and media production/broadcasting techniques to express our perspectives employing the use of media.
  • Communication tops LinkedIn’s list of the most in-demand skills.
  • The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects jobs to increase from 2022-2032 with higher wages than the median annual wage per The US Department of Labor.
  • Communication graduates may work in professional fields such as private, non-profit, and government sectors as coordinators, writers, speakers, and managers.
  • Media communication graduates may work in fields related to media, such as journalism, broadcasting, social media marketing and social media influencing.
  • Visit HTTPS://WWW.NATCOM.ORG/ADVOCACY-PUBLIC-ENGAGEMENT/COMM-GRAD-SPOTLIGHTfor more careers that a Communication or Media Communication degree could lead to.

Why should I attend WVWC?

  • Develop skills through hands-on experience on campus and through off campus internships to demonstrate what you learn
  • Ability to dual major with another field of interest at WVWC
  • Create a portfolio to share with graduate schools and future employers
  • Our recent graduates have been accepted to graduate school with assistantships or acquired jobs in business and law offices, as a staff writer for a sports website and a television producer

What do students do in the Communication Department at WVWC?

  • Become more effective message/content creators
  • Craft news stories for The Pharos
  • Become a DJ for C92 FM
  • Create television broadcasts
  • Present original research at Communication conventions to network with others in the Communication Discipline

Visit The Pharos (our newspaper) here: http://thepharosnet.org/

Listen to C92 FM (our radio station) here: http://c92.airtime.pro/

Explore our Communication Department videos here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmeP20DBqTU&list=UULFCNcVwzt8deQMkCuEI5xr5Q

Program Learning Outcomes

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Communication and Media Overview Video

 

 

  • Faculty

    Dr. Nancy Bressler
    Associate Professor, Chair of Communication Department
    Email: bressler.n@mikeshiner.com

     

    Dr. Alexis de Coning
    Assistant Professor
    Email: deconing.a@mikeshiner.com

  • Majors
    • COMMUNICATION – B.A.

      Students will:

      1)    Employ communication theories, principles, and concepts.

      2)    Construct messages appropriate to the audiences, purposes, and contexts.

      3)    Analyze messages utilizing critical thinking skills, media literacy skills, and self-efficacy.

      4) Influence public discourse through well-reasoned oral and written arguments

    • MEDIA COMMUNICATION – B.A.

      Students will:

      1)    Employ communication theories, principles, and concepts.

      2)    Construct messages appropriate to the audiences, purposes, and contexts.

      3)    Analyze messages utilizing critical thinking skills, media literacy skills, and self-efficacy.

      4) Influence public discourse through well-reasoned oral and written arguments

  • Minors
    • COMMUNICATION

      Students will:

      1)    Employ communication theories, principles, and concepts.

      2)    Construct messages appropriate to the audiences, purposes, and contexts.

      3)    Analyze messages utilizing critical thinking skills, media literacy skills, and self-efficacy.

      4) Influence public discourse through well-reasoned oral and written arguments

    • BROADCASTING

      1)    Employ communication theories, principles, and concepts.

      2)    Construct messages appropriate to the audiences, purposes, and contexts.

      3)    Analyze messages utilizing critical thinking skills, media literacy skills, and self-efficacy.

      4) Influence public discourse through well-reasoned oral and written arguments

    • Programs of Study