<p>Everyone has said that communications is a useless major and it will be impossible to find a job in it and that people who major in it are just trying to get a degree. But this is not the case for me. I want to go into digital media production and pursue a career in that field. However, i want people to take me seriously. Is there anything else i can major in that will get me a job in digital media production where employers will look at my resume and take me seriously because I am a hard worker and I do not want people to think I just studied communications to get a degree.</p>
<p>many people view a regular communications major as a basket weaving major.
but digital media is a computer major.</p>
<p>look at a program like this
[Bradley</a> University: Animation and Visual Effects](<a href=“http://www.bradley.edu/academic/departments/interactive/programs/major/animation/]Bradley”>http://www.bradley.edu/academic/departments/interactive/programs/major/animation/)</p>
<p>Georgetown [conducted</a> a study](<a href=“http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/Unemployment.Final.update1.pdf]conducted”>http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/Unemployment.Final.update1.pdf) on unemployment by college major. The unemployment rate for communications and journalism majors is 7.3%. That’s a bit lower than the unemployment rate for computer science and mathematics, which was 8.2%. It’s about on par with natural and physical science majors, engineering majors, and business majors. (These data were collected in 2009-2010, so after the recession.)</p>
<p>So I don’t think people will refuse to take you seriously just because you majored in communications. You do, however, need to do other things. Take some business classes; do some summer internships, and/or get a part-time job to build skills and experience that employers will value. Make sure that you build your computer skills and branch out into things that are only indirectly needed, like perhaps some basic programming (so you can understand the basics behind app design, for example).</p>
<p>My daughter wants to do exactly the same thing. There are so many different options from digital media majors to journalism with media production concentrations to communications with similar concentrations. I think employment prospects are going to depend upon internships and work experience, not the title of your degree. At least, that’s what we’re banking on!</p>
<p>The more technical you can be the better. And ^^the internships…</p>
<p>Don’t ask yourself if it’s “useless”. Hanging onto words casual observers throw around will get you nowhere in life.</p>
<p>Instead ask yourself:
- Do you have a plan?
- Does this choice/action (in this case this major) benefit your plan?
- Is the benefit worth the cost (money, time, effort, value of alternative options you’re foregoing, etc.)</p>
<p>Communications majors vary wildly as do positions in digital media. Can you be more specific about what you mean by digital media production?</p>