Good old Wikipedia states 'Communication studies is an academic field that deals with processes of communication' Well obviously.....
'Communication studies encompasses a wide range of topics and contexts ranging from face-to-face conversation to speeches to mass media outlets such as television broadcasting.' Now 'wide range' is definitely a term I would use to describe my degree! 'Communication studies, as a discipline, is also often interested in how audiences interpret information and the political, cultural, economic, and social dimensions of speech and language in context'. This last part pretty much sums it up in a sentence for me! We have modules on politics, culture, sociology and most importantly .. Media! If you mix all these ingredients up in a big bowl you have Communication Studies!
Now didn't mean to bore you with all that but I thought seeing as my blog is called 'Diary of a COMMS girl' thought I'd better explain what it actually is.. I always thought I'd like to try PR for a career so I bet your wondering why I never chose to take a Public relations Degree? Well I don't have an answer... is the answer. Basically I thought I'd like to take a broader degree which covers lots of different things. When I finished secondary school I didn't have a solid idea of what I wanted to do.. all I knew was I liked reading and writing so I looked into English, then media, then I looked into English combined with Media... and came across Communication Studies. To be honest this was the first time I had looked at even considering it, but the module breakdown looked very interesting to me and to be honest it was the best decision I made.
Now as an second year at University I'd realised I was pretty sure of PR as my career choice, but after taking on my first work placement for 6 weeks this summer I am certain of PR as my choice! I had an amazing time at the PR agency in London and even had the pleasure of being invited back to work in the press office at V Festival 2011! AMAZING! I have to say it's hard work (Very hard work) but wow.. the plus side of PR is pretty cool! Backstage pass walking past the dressing rooms of all the acts and bumping into a few on the way to catering... was my idea of a dream! It wasn't all lounging around backstage hoping to catch a glimpse of someone famous. It was long hours and a lot of running around (which I still throughly enjoyed). Mainly I helped with the pit runs which is pretty much what it says on the tin.. running to the pit under the stage and back with the photographers so they can take pictures of the first 3 songs for each act. It was quite a daunting task to walk out in front of thousands of people ...I mean look at them: pretty scary walking out in front of these lot especially in the evenings when every ones had a few drinks.....
I had alot of drinks and inflatables thrown at me (hmm also underwear in some cases...) but on the plus side I probably had THE best possible view of the act.... :)
Then to top each day off we all indulged in a nice beverage and a little dance(wellies on and all) in the VIP bar. This was fun as it was after a long hard day of work but to make it even better..... oh to my right theres mark ronson.... oh and to my left eliza doolittle... oh and next to them some band members from good charlotte and the hurts....so as you can imagine I'm thinking can someone pinch me... this can't be real.... oh but it is.. and here's a picture with Mr Ronson to prove it!....
It's a picture of a picture so sorry for the blur! you can see Mr Ronson in the middle there and me on the far left :)It was an amazing bit of PR experience the hard parts were definately worth it with all the great press we gained :) and I look forward to many more experiences like this when my career begins! :)
Jade X
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