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My Career Paper-1
Laurie Porter
COM 438-A
Navil Elizondo
My Future Career
Communications is a relatively new field in the working world when compared to
older fields such as science or government, yet ever since its introduction into the career
world it has been steadily growing. With the continuous rise in global communications
and innovations in related technologies, this field continues to thrive in new ways. The
beginning of the expansion of this field was recorded and analyzed by many experts on
the subject; in 1987, for example, Alfred L. Lorenz published an article in the New
Orleans CityBusiness that recounted the metoric growth
communications was experiencing according to research data on the
subject. The media branch in the undustry was the fastest growing
according to Lorenz, and broadacsting was experiencing a downfall and
continue to do so for the next years due to technology upgrades
(Lorenz, 1987).
By 1998, Lorenz predictions continued to prove their veritability.
Communications Today published their findings of a survey they
conducted concerning the growth of communication related careers
and the decline of the same. Acconrding to the findings,
telecommunications careers continue to rapidly increase especially
whithin the wireless and satellite ccorporations; conversely, older
forms of telecommunication methods are becoming obsolete and
closing down (Results of careers survey made available by
communications today, 1998). In current times, this trend means that