Communication is divided into theoretical communication and applied communication (including network communication, advertising, public relations, etc.). ). Theoretical communication and journalism history in the above journalism should be the most important disciplines in journalism and communication, while applied communication is the most widely employed discipline. Of course, as far as the actual situation in China is concerned, the employment situation of graduates majoring in journalism and communication will not be so clear. The discipline barrier of journalism and communication itself is very low (detailed later).
If we look around the world, China's news dissemination is imported, but the situation in foreign countries is different. For example, in European universities, journalism and communication are mostly not in the same department, while in the United States, some journalism and communication are in the same department. In this respect, the journalism and communication department in China is similar to that in the United States. On the other hand, the communication department in the United States has more in-depth academic research and more requirements for scientific accuracy such as mathematics and statistics, while the journalism department in the United States has a more practical and professional orientation.
Say that finish this topic, and then say something about the relatively strong journalism and communication department in Chinese mainland universities.
At present, there are two first-class disciplines of journalism and communication (namely, journalism, communication and other national key disciplines) which are national key disciplines: Fudan University and China Renmin University. These two journalism schools are well-deserved strong schools in the north and south, with a long history of running schools and outstanding reputation in the field of news media.
Journalism in China Communication University is a national key discipline, and communication is a national key discipline. Therefore, China Communication University is only one step away from obtaining the first-class discipline of journalism and communication.
At present, universities with doctoral programs in journalism and communication are:
Fudan University, China Renmin University, China Communication University (the strongest in the field of radio and television, radio and television media), Tsinghua University (the frontier is overwhelming), Wuhan University (the third place in the field of non-radio and television, online paper media, second only to the National People's Congress and Fudan University), and Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
As mentioned earlier, among the universities in Chinese mainland,1* * 6 universities have doctoral programs in journalism and communication, covering doctoral programs in journalism and communication and other two disciplines.
At present, all universities and research institutes with doctoral programs in journalism belong to:
Fudan University, China Renmin University, China Communication University, Tsinghua University, Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (the top six disciplines of journalism and communication cover doctoral programs in two disciplines); Jinan University, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing Institute of Political Science, Sichuan University, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
As mentioned above, there are 1 1 doctoral programs in journalism in universities and research institutes in Chinese mainland.
At present, all universities and research institutes with doctoral programs in two disciplines of communication belong to:
Fudan University, China Renmin University, China Communication University, Tsinghua University, Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (the top six disciplines of journalism and communication cover doctoral programs in two disciplines); Peking University, Shanghai University, Xiamen University, Zhejiang University.
As mentioned above, there are currently 10 doctoral programs in universities and research institutes in Chinese mainland.
In fact, it is not easy to take the postgraduate entrance examination for journalism and communication-because there are many applicants for journalism and communication every year, and the competition of popular journalism departments is 20: 1. As far as I know, this phenomenon is mainly determined by two aspects:
On the one hand, in recent years, more and more colleges and universities have set up journalism and communication departments, and many non-key universities have also started to set up this major. Obviously, these journalism graduates from non-key universities have great difficulties in job hunting and employment, so they have to make further efforts to be admitted to the graduate school of the famous journalism school.
On the other hand, the discipline barrier of journalism and communication (that is, the difficulty of interdisciplinary study) is very low, and there is no need to take math test, which provides many foreign professional candidates who are dissatisfied with their undergraduate majors with interdisciplinary research opportunities. In addition, many candidates mistakenly believe that journalism and communication is an outstanding school today, which is convenient for employment (in fact, this is an illusion _), so they are eager for journalism and communication. But in fact-nowadays, the talent pool of all kinds of big-name media (including paper media and radio and television media, maybe the network is better) is basically saturated, and few journalists or editors are recruited. And some other frequently recruited media are obviously media that can't keep people. This kind of frequently recruited unit is too mobile, which is tantamount to "an iron-clad media reporter". If you don't go to this unit, you will probably leave sooner or later because others can't stay.
Moreover, at present, most media recruitment requires not only graduates majoring in journalism and communication, but also graduates from many foreign majors (such as foreign languages, law, Chinese, economics, etc.). Once the graduates majoring in journalism and communication are out of the media, their competitiveness is not even as good as that of many foreign graduates (which is also determined by the shallowness and poor professionalism of journalism and communication).
So, what about being a teacher? First of all, most primary and secondary school teachers don't want journalism at present. If you use the media to recruit, you can take the news test or take the Chinese test. But when recruiting teachers in primary and secondary schools, most people want Chinese graduates, not journalism graduates.
If you want to be a university teacher, obviously, you must study for a doctorate after completing your graduate studies. If you want to be a teacher in a prestigious school, you must study for a doctorate in the best journalism department (such as People's Congress, Fudan University, Tsinghua, etc.). ), even some journalism departments require you to have media experience or overseas study experience.
In fact, the current media is not the best choice for graduates majoring in journalism and communication!
On the one hand, as I said before, the talent pool of good media is saturated at present, and no one can be recruited; Poor media will continue to recruit, and the result is that people come and go, and when they leave, they recruit new people.
On the other hand, the living environment of media and journalists' editors is far from what it used to be: more and more media, more and more fierce competition; The social respect of editors and journalists is getting lower and lower, and the staff of state organs are always in a strong position in front of journalists, and it is getting worse and worse; The general public is increasingly contemptuous and distrustful of the media and journalists (of course, some of them are journalists' own problems).
So what are the good prospects for graduates majoring in journalism and communication? It is best to test civil servants! However, the competition among civil servants is fierce, and only a few lucky people can get their wishes every year. This is a bright road, but at the same time the entrance is extremely narrow.
In addition to the media, university teachers and civil servants, graduates of journalism and communication departments can only take cross-disciplinary employment channels, and as I mentioned earlier, they can enter enterprises to do some secretarial, creative, publicity and planning work. This is the only way.