Canary, Heather E., and Daniel J. Canary.

Making Sense of Ones Career: An Analysis and

Typology of Supervisor Career Stories. Communication Quarterly 55.2 (2007):225246. Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 29 Nov. 2014.
Heather and Daniel Canary wrote this article for the scholarly readers of Communication
Quarterly. The purpose of this article was to state the findings of the authors study which
examines career development. The study reveals that the process by which people pick their
careers or majors relates to how they interpret their professional lives. The study researched
two professionals in their careers by going step by step to how they got where they were. The
study concluded that the agency in which they were employed, their work ethic, and personal
relationships that were built were the greatest factors as to which helped them achieve in their
overall professional career. Although this article is studying professionals whose careers have
nothing to do with communication, the article does use the communication theory, in which
the major revolves around, and creates great insight on how to achieve the career that I would
want to achieve. This article is very credible because it is in a scholarly publishing. The study
also lists any bias, the very few that are there, making the study very trustworthy. The study
also lists the procedure in which it was conducted, such as the questions and the order of the
questions. This source adds to my research by backing up other sources that show how one can
ultimately pick a fulfilling and rewarding career.
Carpenter, Christopher J., and Bree McEwan. Who Are We Educating? Why Undergraduate
Students Choose to Major in Communication. Journal of the Association for
Communication Administration 32.1/2 (2013): 213. Print.
Christopher Carpenter and Bree McEwan are researchers who conducted a study about why
students pick the Communication major, which is intended for the readers of the Journal of the
Association for Communication Administration. It explains that there are three factors that are
considered by students when picking the major. These factors are Attitudes about the major
and potential jobs, expected norms from parents, and areas of perceived behavioral control
based on student anxieties.(pg. 1) This source also talks about how the skills in writing, math,
and communication are key factors to predicting whether or not the student will end up in the
major. It concludes that if math skills are low, writing skills are moderate, and communication
skills are high the student is a great potential candidate for the Communication major. This
source absolutely relates to my topic because it talks about the skills and trait levels of
Communication majors. It reveals how a student picks their major, which is relevant because
the same thought process will be used when the student is picking their career. This
information presents a new dynamic to my topic, because it reveals that I need to look into a
career field with low math skills. This, I know is a little obvious, but it presents a whole study on
the outcome of the student depending on their internal and external factors. It also describes

the misconceptions students make when picking this major, like that it will require very little
writing, when there is a fair amount of writing involved. This allows for great insight into seeing
exactly what the major will entail and presents great questions a student should ask themselves
before picking the major. This is great insight because it presents me with things to ask myself if
I am to stay in the major, and allows me to further develop constructive questions about traits
and skills when picking a career. This source is credible because it uses a lot of factual evidence
to support its claims, and the fact that it is a journal for communication scholars allows me to
infer that it the information is as current and reliable as possible.
Cunningham, Stuart, and Ruth Bridgstock. Say Goodbye to the Fries: Graduate Careers in
Media, Cultural and Communication Studies. Media International Australia (8/1/07Current) 145 (2012): 6-17. Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 26 Nov.
2014.
Stuart Cunningham and Ruth Bridgstock wrote this article to the students of the Media
International Australia Program at the University of Queensland. The purpose of the article was
to talk about the job growth in art and other humanity studies including communication. The
article covers different studies that have looked at the progressive job market of graduates. The
information shows that there are a variety of jobs that were ranked to be good through these
surveys in the humanities. It shows that the arts are the lower paid field throughout the broad
spectrum of jobs, with communication studies being one of the higher paid fields. This
information relates to my topic because it compares the job fields and focuses of both art and
communication. Although the information is from a University that is in Australia, it is of
relevance because many of the studies are from information on a global scale. The information
is credible due to the fact that not only is it from a University, in which must be credible to
meet education standards, but it is published in a program that is of great importance to the
University. The amount of pay a career has is important to me also, so this justifies me majoring
in communication and minoring in art to meet this need instead of the other way around. This
article also meshes in with other articles because it talks about the job market of my interests,
but also compares them in pay and to other parts of study in the humanities.
Fell, Elena. Bergsons Aesthetics: Art as a Unique Form Of Communication. Empedocles:
European Journal For The Philosophy Of Communication 4.1 (2013): 63-71.
Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.
Elena Fell describes the relationship between communication and art to the readers of the
Empedocles: European Journal For The Philosophy of Communication. In this article she
describes how art is one of the most prominent forms of communication both for the artist and
the viewer. Through art the artist is allowed to interpret the way that he or she sees the world
and others. It allows for both the viewer and the artist to view themselves through the context

of their ideas by both forming and interpreting abstract art. Fell relates communication and art
by showing how the skills of communication are involved and heightened both when the artist
is creating their work, and when the viewer is interpreting the creation. This is a great point to
show the audience that asks the question how art and communication relate. This article allows
me to bridge the gap between communication and art by showing that if one can more
effectively communicate, they can potentially do so through a creative medium. Furthermore,
from this skill, I can possibly work in an art gallery or some choice of creative business where
the goal is to better communicate, hence the communication major, what the art is really trying
to say to the consumer. This in itself provides me with a career opportunity, and if anything it
allows me to explore a career path in which I could create on my own that would better help
the arts and interpreting why they are the way they are. I believe this source is very credible
because it gives great statistics from other credible sources, and because the audience in this
source is also scholars of communication so the source has to be up to date and reliable. This
source answers two of the most important questions within my career search; why are
communication and the arts important, and how are the two intertwined together.
Fife, Eric M., and C. Leigh Nelson. Misconceptions and Beliefs About Communication:
Differences Between Majors and Non-Majors. Texas Speech Communication Journal
33.1 (2008): 27-43. Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 30 Nov. 2014.
Fife and Nelson wrote this article for the scholarly readers of the Texas Speech Communication
Journal. The purpose of this article was to post the results of their study in which concluded
that mis-conceptions of the communication major were mostly made by those who were early
on in the major or just taking a few classes in the department. The study shows how it is crucial
for institutions to create good impressions of these kind of classes or else students interested in
the major will get the wrong idea, creating a communication decline. The study also shows that
those who were higher in the major or almost graduated are more likely to have expert
opinions that are unbiased towards the major. It states that the biggest way to change the
system is to ultimately offend it, meaning that teachers must point out this to the
department to create effective change to give off good impressions to students. This article
relates to my topic, because at the front of my topic, I wonder if the communication major is
right for me. I have had some great experiences in my communication classes, and some not so
great experiences. This shows that to get the reality and benefits of the major, I must stick with
it and take more classes. The article is credible because it is published in a journal for
communication scholars. It also is credible due to the fact that the authors were the ones
conducting the study. The authors also state how they did the study, and cited extra
information as to why this type of study was good for their research.

Jamieson, Kathleen M., and Andrew D. Walvin. "Non-Teaching Careers In Communication:

Implications For The Speech Communication Curriculum." Communication
Education 25.4 (1976): 283. Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 20 Nov.
2014.
Kathleen Jamieson and Andrew Walvin wrote this article for the readers of Communication
Education to show the careers of non-teaching communication majors. It looks into raising the
employment of the majors whose concentration is public relations. Jamieson and Walvin show
that by emphasizing and building universities and other schools communication programs in
these areas, the major will have a better job outlook and growth over all. The authors talk
about jobs in speech-communication and how by creating better educational programs for this
major, there will be a better job market. To legitimize this information they created a study to
conclude that for students to be well prepared in such a market, training and skills need to be
implemented and practiced early on in a students career. This source is very credible for it
explains exactly how they reached the conclusion of their study and how they limited bias as
much as possible. The article will contribute immensely to the consideration of what careers
are in the growing job market and which are not. The article talks about salable skills the
student needs to take away from their education inside and outside the classroom to better
promote getting a career in which they are best fit for. This article is a great contribution
because even though it is a little old, meaning the audience is probably students, the skills that
are talked about are how to adjust to an ever changing society. This article takes the emotion
out of choosing a career, and supplies the reader with facts to look at when choosing a job.
Before I can even begin to specify how art and helping people relates to a career in
communication, I have to take a step back and look first where the job market is concentrated
so I can be employed first. This article allows the reader to discover that this is a very important
aspect when choosing a career.
Lopez, Bernat. Transformations in the Practice of Communication: Journalism, Advertising,
Fiction and Entertainment. Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies 4.1
(2012): 73-79. Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 27 Nov. 2014.
Bernat Lopez authored this article for the readers of the Catalan Journal of Communication &
Cultural Studies. The purpose of this was to explain to the readers how undervalued the
communication major is. Throughout the article, Lopez shows how communication studies is
declining because of institutions and careers fields not fully appreciating the effects of knowing
how people communicate. The effect of this is low salaries and smaller contracts. According to
Lopez, the only way this will change is if low economic environments become higher and if
companies start to think on a global scale. This information relates to my topic because it shows
that to land a job, I must show how and why I am needed on a global scale that can benefit the
company. The information shows to be a little biased, because of Lopez proposes the solution

as his own theory, but he makes a very valid point. And although some bias may be there, his
argument is potentially the same argument many employers make. Besides that, his statistics
and information seems to be credible since it is published in a journal for communication
scholars. It also seems to be credible since I had come across it in a database that is very
credible for communication articles.
Stephen, Timothy, and Renee Geel. Normative Publication Productivity of Communication
Scholars at Selected Career Milestones. Human Communication Research 33.1
(2007): 103-118. Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 29 Nov. 2014.
Timothy Stephen and Renee Geel wrote this article as an additive to the readers of Human
Communication Research. The purpose of the article was to reveal the decline in information
about studies in communication that are out there. The article considers the amount of
publications that have been added to the ComAbstracts database, which is a database that
collects diverse amount of publications regarding the communication major. The authors
conducted a study in which found results in many different areas. Overall the major differences
were that many communication scholars have started to create publications with co-authors,
making single authored publications a thing of the past. This information leads into many other
issues, such as a decrease in the overall publicized data of communication as a study. This
information relates to my topic because it shows that although there are many publications
about the communication major, the amount of information that is out there as a whole is on
the decrease. This means that while I might find a variety of aspects of the communication
major, there is still a great deal out there left unexplored in the publishing world. This source
seems to be very credible also because it is an article that was published among other credible
research studies in a very credible article. I also believe it to be credible because the study has
limited bias, and was conducted by the authors of this article. This shows in my research a
solution to the gaps in information between sources, in which not that there is no information
to fill in such gaps; the information is just more on an experience only basis and not a
publication basis.
Tan, Claire L., and Michael W. Kramer. Communication and Voluntary Downward Career
Changes. Journal of Applied Communication Research 40.1 (2012): 87-106.
Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 20 Nov 2014.
Claire Tan and Michael Kramer are the authors of this article, and the audience is the readers of
Journal Of Applied Communication Research. The purpose of the article is to talk of the decision
making process that students conduct when picking a major and career. They reveal that there
are three parts of this decision making process for a career. The first part is the decision
making, in which the student decides which choice is best for them. The second part is telling
about their decision, in which also includes social gratification. Lastly, the third part is about

rethinking the aspects in their decision. The last part is the part where students tailor their
career choice to their individual preferences within the career. This article also gives insight to
why students change their majors, and offers organizational techniques students can use to
better understand their decision processes to make a more permanent decision. The author of
this article shows credibility by including many sources and statistics, the information is also
relatively current. The audience would be anyone interested in the career decision process as
well as the readers of the journal in which the article is published in, which also adds to the
credibility of the source. This source is useful because it helps to give me tips and ideas of how
to make a more permanent decision that would best suit me within the communication major.
It contributes greatly because it reveals that if a student can better learn their decision making
process, they can conclude to a better decision. This will help me not reevaluate the way I make
my career decisions but will also let me more permanently tailor my interests into the career
field, such as art and helping people, with a communication major.
Wolvin, Andrew D. Careers In Communication: An Update. Journal Of The Association For
Communication Administration 27.1 (1998): 71-73. Communication & Mass Media
Complete. Web. 20 Nov. 2014
Andrew Wolvin wrote this article to tell the readers of the Journal Of The Association For
Communication Administration. His purpose in writing this was to ultimately show the findings
of his research in which told the different types of careers that communication majors held
after graduating. Along with showing the diverse careers that communication majors held, he
also showed what careers they started out pursuing to where they ended up. For example, one
of the participants that were surveyed started as a marketing assistant and ended up owning
the company. Wolvin also focuses on how speech communication advances many careers in the
major as well. Although this source is a little old, it shows the vast selection of careers that a
communication major can possibly have. The research in this source is very credible due to the
fact that the author is the researcher and also a former professor at the university his
participants graduated from. His list of careers also shows how art can be incorporated into the
communication major. For example, one of the careers that are listed is a director of
advertising. This shows how art can be incorporated into a major in which communication is the
dominant skill. This could also show how helping comes into play because it shows how art is
incorporated into advertising, as well as with the communication aspect lets the advertiser
better explain what the product is to the consumer.