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Mass Communication is the study of how individuals and entities relay information through mass media to larger segments of the population at the same time. This usually relates to newspapers, internet, radio, televisions, etc.

•	Mass Communication is centered around how messages persuade and affect the behavior and opinions of us people receiving the content provided.

•	Mass Communication has become a big part of everyday human life, today we depend on mass communication from morning TV news to social media feeds and blog posts.

•	Mass communicators use newspapers, television, radio, magazines, blogs, websites, mobile apps, and social media to reach their publics.

•	Mass Communication means addressing to a mass of people, anything that goes out in a large quantity

•	As consumers, from mass communication we get entertainment, information, they are pervasive, and they provide persuasion

Types of Mass Communication

•	Television and Internet, which is under visual communication

•	Magazines and Newspapers, which are under print ads

Resources to help you study:

Flash Cards Chapter 2 Mass Communications

Quizzes] Mass Communications Quiz #1

Example of a paper for Mass Communication

A study page including mass comm notes, essays, exams, homeworks, lectures, and study guides.

Books related to Mass Communication

-Theory and Research in Mass Communication: Context and Consequences

-A Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication

-Experimental Methodology in Journalism and Mass Communication Research

Majoring in Mass Communication jobs you can get after

-Sales Representative

-Informational Specialists

-Consultant

-Reporter

-Newspaper editor -News Director

-Radio/TV reporter

-Lobbyist

-Mediator

-Publicity Director

And so many more. Mass Communication provides a variety of jobs.

Career in Mass Communication

For starting a career in Mass Communications, it is not similar to engineering or medical, there are not any preparation strategies to initiate a career. Getting into the career of mass communications after receiving your graduate degree, you should start blogging or work for a local newspaper and be a host on an online publishing site to develop better communication skills. In the professional perspective, mass communication opens doors for a career in films/TV, publishing, PR, journalism, edition, direction, filmmaking, scriptwriting, production, etc.

Theories of Mass Communication

•	Agenda Setting Theory- media may not tell us what to think, but the media tells us what to think about

•	Attitude Change Theory- explains how peoples attitudes are formed, shaped and changed and how those attitudes influence behavior.

•	Cultural Theory- the idea that meaning and therefore effects are negotiated by media and audiences as they interact in the culture.

•	Magic Bullet Theory- the mass society theory idea that media are powerful killing force that directly penetrates a persons’ system

•	Social Cognitive Theory- idea that people learn by observation

•	Symbolic Interaction- idea that people give meaning to symbols and those symbols control peoples’ behavior

•	Uses and Gratifications Theory- idea that media don’t do things to people, people do things with media.