留学美国专业介绍之--大众传播

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多年以来，宣扬媒体的一直更新成长使得宣扬(Communication)专业成为一种涵括普遍，并且一直扩张的热门专业。在这个专业中各学科的交织、融合、离别不一而足，时常使得专业的界定不清。
通常说来，大众宣扬专业开设于大学的讯息与大众宣扬科系或宣扬学院之中。这个专业的弟子专门学习何如使用大众媒体（如报纸、****、电 台、电视台等）宣扬笔墨、听觉和视觉信息的要领与技能，也包罗告白，大家相关，影视制作的要领与技能。连年来，大众宣扬序言的成长一日千里，又出现了有线电视、卫星电视、电脑万维网等新的宣扬方法，这个专业的涵盖也随之扩展。
一九零八年，全国上第一个专门的讯息宣扬科系，密苏里大学讯息系建立。目前，美国有讯息与大众宣扬专业的学院与大学已有四百五十余家。美国讯息与大众宣扬专业资格稽查委员会审定了大略九十个教诲项目。被核定及格的项目大多综合了普遍的文科教诲与专业范畴的特别课程，如告白、广播、影视、报纸、****及大家相关等等。课程中大略有四分之三的文科和科学课程，包罗心绪学、社会学、****学、文学、史册、经济等学科，以使弟子对当代社会有更普遍的明白。
各校的专业配置不同很大。有的学校开设包罗各类大众宣扬序言的课程，有的则只配置此中的一两种。考生应该仔细察看院校引见，或是上彀查 看各学院的专业引见。笔者曾经给四所大学的大众宣扬专业科系打过德律风，每一处都不相似。有一个系的大众宣扬专业只包罗告白、大家相关 和市场战略，第二个系则只包罗影戏脚本编写等影视制作，第三处包罗广播电视和视觉艺术课程，第在在则是视觉及媒体艺术。值得注意的是，有的学院最近在大众宣扬系中又新开设了一个“新媒体”专业，主要是学习电脑万维网序言的开垦与制作。这便是为什么人们说这个专业是一个界定不清而又一直扩张的专业。
弟子实践机遇的不同也很大。有的可以在上学的同时即在报纸或电视台有份兼职，有的则要比及夏日实践时才有机遇实践。通常说来，大众宣扬专业的弟子比另外专业的弟子有较多的实践机遇。因此，在求职上也比力有利。例如说，百分之八十以上的报社新进职员是大众宣扬专业结业的。
依据美国戈门（Gorman）的大学排名榜，名列讯息与大众宣扬专业本科前五名的大学是：University of Missouri-Columbia, Northwestern University, Syracuse University, University of Minnesota, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champain。
名列讯息琢磨生院（戈门没有陈设专门的大众宣扬专业）的前五名是：Columbia University, Northwestern University, University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champain。
美国在1988年有394所大学和学院开设讯息与大众宣扬专业，到1996年景长到449家。就读此专业的本科生在1988年时有13,797人，硕士生有8,265 人，博士生有826人。到1996年本科生有13,833人，硕士生有10,236人， 博士生有1,162人。本科生基础上持平，硕士生在八年中增加了24%，博士生增加了41%。从本科弟子的组成来看，少量族裔的弟子逐渐增加。非洲裔黑人从1988年到1996年由7.9%增加到12.2%，拉丁裔由3.3%增加到6%，亚裔由1.6%增加到3.4%，白人则由86%裁减到71%。外国粹生增长了快要两倍，由0.8%增加到2.3%。硕士生中黑人弟子改变不大，拉丁裔增加了快要一倍，亚裔反而有所裁减。博士生也差未几。外国粹生到美国来学习这个专业的人许多，在硕士生中占了13.3%，在博士生中占了16.8%。
如欲知道更多资讯，可以盘问讯息与大众宣扬教诲协会的网址： www.aejmc.sc.edu 或写信到AEJMC去咨询，住址是：AEJMC 121 LeConte College University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29028
美国宣扬学博士专业排名(硕士的传媒排名可以参考此排名)
A STUDY OF THE REPUTATI**** OF DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN COMMUNICATION
Speech Communication Association
April 1996
1. West Virginia University 50.85%
2. University of Pennsylvania - Annenberg School for Communication 44.39%
3. University of Texas, Austin - Speech Communication Department 37.57%
4. University of Wisconsin, Madison 31.79%
5. University of Iowa 31.21%
6. Stanford University 28.05%
7. Northwestern University - Department of Communication Studies 27.36%
8. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Institute of Communications Research 26.83%
9. Purdue University 25.96%
10. Michigan State University - Communication Department 25.16%
11. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Speech Communication Department 23.65%
12. University of Colorado, Boulder 21.87%
13. University of Texas, Austin - Department of Radio-TV-Film 25.81
14. Michigan State University - Mass Media Ph.D. Program 22.32%
15. University of Southern California - Annenberg School For Communication 20.64%
16. Indiana University - Speech Communication Department 19.71%
17. Pennsylvania State University 17.70%
18. Northwestern University - Department of Radio-TV-Film 17.03%
19. University of California, Berkeley - Rhetoric Department 17.03%
20. University of California, Santa Barbara 15.87%
21. University of Utah 15.65%
22. Arizona State University 15.55%
23. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis - Speech Communication Department 15.05%
24. University of Oklahoma 14.55%
25. University of Washington 14.32%
26. University of Arizona 14.21%
27. Kent State University 13.65%
28. University of Kansas 13.01%
29. University of Maryland, College Park 12.05%
30. University of Hawaii, Manoa 11.60%
31. University of Massachusetts, Amherst 11.49%
32. Indiana University - Telecommunications Department 11.35%
33. New York University 11.27%
34. Howard University 10.20%
35. University of California, San Diego 9.54%
36. University of New Mexico 9.19%
37. Ohio University - Interpersonal Communication Department 9.04%
38. Ohio State University 8.81%
39. University of Georgia - Speech Communication Department 8.14%
40. University of Georgia - College of Journalism & Mass Communication 8.10%
41. University of Minnesota, St. Paul - Rhetoric Department 7.43%
42. Ohio University - School of Telecommunications 7.10%
43. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 6.91%
44. University of Nebraska, Lincoln 6.80%
45. Rutgers University 6.55%
46. University of Pittsburgh 6.40%
47. University of South Florida 6.33%
48. University of Kentucky 6.00%
49. Temple University - Mass Media & Telecommunications Department 5.84%
50. University of Michigan 5.48%
51. University of Missouri, Columbia 4.97%
52. Wayne State University 4.70%
53. Cornell University 3.66%
54. University at Buffalo SUNY 3.41%
55. Temple University - Rhetoric & Communication Department 3.03%
56. University of Denver 2.94%
57. University at Albany SUNY 2.86%
58. University of Alabama 2.85%
59. Louisiana State University 2.81%
60. Bowling Green State University 2.55%
61. Florida State University 2.39%
62. University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2.27%
63. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2.06%
64. Washington State University 2.00%
65. University of Connecticut 1.59%
66. Oklahoma State University 1.19%
67. Regent University .34%
68. University of Southern Mississippi .32%