Go to the College of Arts and Sciences site. You ve heard the world is shrinking that we re living in a global village. It s true. Thanks to a series of satellites in orbit 23,500 miles above the earth, you can experience an event unfolding in Afghanistan, or Aruba, or Zanzibar even as you are eating a pizza and watching your television or listening to your car radio.
Greater details follow in the newspaper the next day and in news magazines a few days later.
We witness events as they happen and hear experts comment on why they re happening. Very good, if you are prepared. The mass media are powerful channels of communication that hire people with talent and experience, in good or bad economic times. But, as in other professions, tough times can hurt the communications job market. However, there s always room for somebody good.