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Subject: Visual Artist and Mass Communication
Date: 21-Aug-2008
Question: Can I become a visual artist by studying Mass Communication? And also what are the career opportunities in the field of Mass Communication?
Answer: Mass communication is one such field which is attracting a lot of young these days as it offers career options in the fields, like various kinds of medias - newspapers, magazines, radio, television, advertisements, public relations etc.Mass communication covers a wide area, comprising of closely related fields of advertisement, communication and public relations. Mass communication includes:
  • Print journalism
  • Electronic Journalism
  • Film producers, soundmen, lightmen
  • Advertising
  • Public relations

So if you want to go in for mass communication, you have a wide variety of jobs to choose from and you can specialise in any field which interests you the most.

But The visual arts are those creations we can look at, such as a drawing or a painting. Here is a partial list:

  • Drawing
  • painting
  • sculpture
  • architecture
  • photography
  • film
  • printmaking
  • And the decorative arts of
    • ceramics
    • furniture and interior design
    • jewelry making
    • metal crafting
    • wood working

Any one of these disciplines is a type of visual art. So you can see that some kind of visual art is taught in mass communication but visual art is not a separate subject in it.You can thus pursue mass communication and then can do some additional diploma or shirt term course in visual art to be become a visual artist.

All the best
CareerAge Counselor