(University at Buffalo) Media Studies Degree, Program Information at Suny at Buffalo

A program that focuses on the analysis and criticism of media institutions and media texts, how people experience and understand media content, and the roles of media in producing and transforming culture. Includes instruction in communications regulation, law, and policy; media history; media aesthetics, interpretation, and criticism; the social and cultural effects of mass media; cultural studies; the economics of media industries; visual and media literacy; and the psychology and behavioral aspects of media messages, interpretation, and utilization. Find Colleges Offering Media Studies Degree.

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Court Reporters
Job Description
Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Includes stenocaptioners who operate computerized stenographic captioning equipment to provide captions of live or prerecorded broadcasts for hearing-impaired viewers.
Important Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Selective Attention
- Near Vision
- Speech Recognition
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary
Job Description
Teach courses in communications, such as organizational communications, public relations, radio/television broadcasting, and journalism.
Important Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Speech Recognition
- Speech Clarity
Reporters and Correspondents
Job Description
Collect and analyze facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation, or observation. Report and write stories for newspaper, news magazine, radio, or television.
Salary and Wages
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY
- Total Employment: 180
- Average Annual Salary: $57,440
- Average Hourly Rate: $27.61
Projections
- Total Employment (2006): 59,212
- Total Employment Projected (2016): 59,921
- Percent Job Growth: 1.20%
Important Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Problem Sensitivity
- Inductive Reasoning
- Near Vision
- Speech Recognition
- Speech Clarity
Editors
Job Description
Perform variety of editorial duties, such as laying out, indexing, and revising content of written materials, in preparation for final publication.
Salary and Wages
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY
- Total Employment: 260
- Average Annual Salary: $53,420
- Average Hourly Rate: $25.69
Projections
- Total Employment (2006): 121,511
- Total Employment Projected (2016): 124,275
- Percent Job Growth: 2.27%
Important Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Fluency of Ideas
- Originality
- Near Vision
- Speech Recognition
- Speech Clarity
Copy Writers
Job Description
Write advertising copy for use by publication or broadcast media to promote sale of goods and services.
Salary and Wages
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY
- Total Employment: 130
- Average Annual Salary: $64,510
- Average Hourly Rate: $31.02
Projections
- Total Employment (2006): 135,246
- Total Employment Projected (2016): 152,552
- Percent Job Growth: 12.80%
Important Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Originality
- Near Vision
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers
Job Description
Create original written works, such as scripts, essays, prose, poetry or song lyrics, for publication or performance.
Salary and Wages
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY
- Total Employment: 130
- Average Annual Salary: $64,510
- Average Hourly Rate: $31.02
Projections
- Total Employment (2006): 135,246
- Total Employment Projected (2016): 152,552
- Percent Job Growth: 12.80%
Important Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Fluency of Ideas
- Originality
- Near Vision