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Mass Communication And Public Relations From A Young Age

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I have been captivated with media, mass communication and public relations from a young age. For even as a young teen I would share the daily newspaper with my parents and pester them with questions regarding the major stories I had just read. Moreover, I would assist my father in planning and organizing the family’s annual gatherings, and this task was no easy feat due to the typical high number of attendees to such gatherings and the logistic concerns related to accommodating to their needs and expectations. However, I found that these activities were not only joyful, but also highly insightful and of significant benefit on the development of my event planning, communications and interpersonal skills, as I would take note of the shortcomings of each gathering and work hard during the next gathering in avoiding repeating the mistakes of the previous year. Aware and appreciative of this development, and considering my interest in communication and its subfields, upon earning my high school diploma I decided to specialize my studies and career in the field, and thus I applied to a bachelor of Art in Mass in Communication program with a concentration in Public Relations.
During my undergraduate studies, I had studied the fundamental concepts and theories of social, institutional and mass communication, public relations and media, both traditional and modern. Furthermore, I had the chance to relate my theoretical studies to applicable practice through my internship at the

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