{"id":9352,"date":"2016-10-06T15:33:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T22:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/?page_id=9352"},"modified":"2025-03-28T17:33:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T00:33:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/communication\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m89cdze0-06fc51ed00335142cb2347b473b057af\">\n.avia-section.av-m89cdze0-06fc51ed00335142cb2347b473b057af{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/10\/southern-oregon-university-communication-precious-yamaguchi-andstudents.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 100%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-m89cdze0-06fc51ed00335142cb2347b473b057af main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  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modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  small-pillow head-fog av-inherit-size'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >ABOUT COMMUNICATION<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m89cdfe2-21e6b80eec22404a56606c63f29c6583\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-m89cdfe2-21e6b80eec22404a56606c63f29c6583 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:18px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntext-align:center;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m89cdfe2-21e6b80eec22404a56606c63f29c6583 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock big-pillow av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Where Passion Meets Action<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div 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el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size'><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Learning Communication at 糖心传媒 University<\/h2><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">From interpersonal to global<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kix2e0-90877b98fd7a8e03d87fd9d4545b5e5a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Communication program provides students opportunities to develop verbal, nonverbal and visual communication knowledge and skills through the exploration of communication studies, film, television and video, journalism, and convergent media. Students may select from one of three concentrations for the Communication degree: (a) Communication Studies, (b) Digital Cinema, or (c) Social Media and Public Engagement.<\/p>\n<p>The Communication Studies Concentration focuses on the understanding and skill acquisition related to the communication practices that occur in the everyday interactions of social actors in a variety of contexts. Our research and teaching focuses on interpersonal communication; small group, organizational and cross-cultural communication; analysis of public rhetoric and discourse; and conflict resolution, mediation, and negotiation.<\/p>\n<p>The Social Media and Public Engagement concentration provides students with the practical and conceptual competencies required to live and work productively in a 21st-century media landscape. Whether seeking meaningful employment, maintaining healthy online relationships, or practicing thoughtful citizenship, students emerge from the SMPE concentration with skills and dispositions in personal reputation management, content strategy, online journalism, visual storytelling, design thinking and new media entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>The Communication program emphasizes connections between conceptual understanding, critical thinking, communication behaviors, and message construction. Faculty bring a broad range of academic and professional training and accomplishments to the classroom, and the department\u2019s student-centered program emphasizes skill-building, critical thinking, research and writing.<\/p>\n<p>Students may earn credit for on-campus practical experiences with University media outlets, public relations and marketing, as well as teaching and research assistance to faculty. Communication majors intern throughout and beyond the local community at newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, social service organizations, government agencies, advertising and public relations firms, and many businesses and nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-j7lqy0-77e10009d055111d0d5b57a0939b7495\">\n.flex_column.av-j7lqy0-77e10009d055111d0d5b57a0939b7495{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0 0 0 0;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-j7lqy0-77e10009d055111d0d5b57a0939b7495 av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_section-88aa1dce24bde71ba541926fa983a5ee\">\n.avia-section.av-av_section-88aa1dce24bde71ba541926fa983a5ee{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_3' aria-label='SOU Business Home Page - 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