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Watermelon fallacy

First-year college students are often being asked what program they are taking. As a first-year student, sometimes I have a hard time explaining my program, which is Bachelor in Science (B.S.) in Development Communication. After I answered their question "What is B.S. Development Communication?” they have follow-up questions which are "What will be your work do after you graduated?" and "Does the salary high? Will it make you wealthy? ".

"What is B.S. Development Communication?"

I frequently explained to people that B.S. Development Communication is a four-year degree program where I can learn to use communication to facilitate social change. Moreover, as per Find University (n.d.), B.S. Development Communication provides students a strong foundation of the theories and principles of communication and its vital role in development.

"What will be your work after you graduated?"

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I responded to people that the sky is the limit when it comes to career or job B.S. Development Communication can offer. 

Graduates of this program may pursue a career path in commercial and public media-related companies or organizations with departments that needs specialized communication concepts and principles. They may pursue careers as reporters, photographers, columnists, feature writers, editorial writers, and editors of newspapers, magazines, and journals. Moreover, they can be newsgatherers, newscasters, scriptwriters, news editors, TV news writers and producers, cameramen, and analysts of radio, television, and film. As well as copywriters, account executives, press release writers, artists of advertising agencies, public relations officers in public and private organizations, project development officer, communication analyst, media planner, or academician. Truly, the sky is the limit.

"Does the salary high? Will it make you wealthy?"

I replied that what matters to me is that I loved what I am doing and the true wealth for me is when I can contribute to the betterment of my country. Salary is always there, it is up to us if we make our money bigger. As per Pay Scale (n.d.), the B.S. Development Communication graduates in the Philippines have an average annual salary of ₱475, 000.

Given already that the salary that I can get motivates me, but what inspires me the most to continue in this program is the Development Communication Practitioners we have today such as Kara David. She is a journalist and television host in the Philippines. Since she is a journalist, she does documentaries that were shown on television. Kara aimed for social change that is why she is doing her part by amplifying the voice of people who suffered the most. To extend this goal of her, she became the founder and president of "Project Malasakit"—a charity that aids people featured in her documentaries.

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People keep on asking me “Where B.S. Development Communication will take you in the future?”. For me, this program is a great way to develop myself in the career I want, at the same time I can contribute to the development of our beloved country. It will take me to the fulfillment of my dream and the dream development of our country. I will continue to work hard to mold myself to become a catalyst for social change in our country, and soon in the world.

If your heart goes for society or B.S. Development Communication, do not hesitate to pursue it. That heart of yours which has the goal for social change is what we need today. Step-by-step you will get there, and all the difficulties and tiredness you are experiencing will pay off soon. Your passion is one of the hopes of today and the next generation.

P.S. This blog was written for academic purposes in the course DC110 or the Introduction to Communication Media. Nonetheless, I wrote it with my whole heart.

References

Finduniversity.com (n.d.). B.S. in Development Communication in the Philippines. https://www.finduniversity.ph/majors/bs-in-developmental-communication-philippines/

Payscale.com (n.d.). Bachelor of Science (BS / BSc), Development Communication Degree in Philippines. https://www.payscale.com/research/PH/Degree=Bachelor_of_Science_(BS_%2F_BSc)%2C_Development_Communication/Salary

Before the technology age of the Philippines we encountered different types of Communication Media inside the country so let’s go back and witness the Evolution of media inside the Philippines. Let’s start on the age of stone and metal where every documents, agreements and new laws were written at the Stone, bar of the trees, on the leaves and bamboo tubes through the use of sharp objects that could be announced by the umaholokan (announcer) around the Community. Pre-colonial year came, literature was well developed new ways of communicating and writing was shown. Colonizer introduced a total new way of living. At the Spanish colonial rule, the first newspaper was published inside the country and heroes uses pen to expose colonial exploitation and seek independence in the most non-violent ways. The American Colonial Period came the broadcasting was introduced there where three radio station established by the American people, the first movie was introduced also on this era. World War II broke out every newspaper was disbanded except to those newspapers that could use by the Japanese but Filipinos make a new way of sharing their information through typewriter even though it could lead them to death. Today at the age of technology Philippines become interest in the new way of communication process Philippines is a free country anymore we have social media people are more free to share what they want to without the fear of being killed by the law. because of pandemic social media become people’s way of sharing their thoughts and information advancement of technologies make the way of communicating easy and effective. Learning is not problem anymore even though you are inside of isolation due to pandemic. Time flies fast, decades ago Filipino people uses their pens to write and create a letter to send to their family or love once just to inform them that they are in a good hand, doing good or having a hard time and weak from a far. Distance affect the sending letter period those who are abroad takes 2-3weeks or even 1 month just to receive the letter but today we are inside the period where Filipino people can talk to their relatives easily, just open your Face time call application and you can talk to them easily like being with them face to face because you could see their laugh tears and joy. The pen is mightier than the sword according to an English author Lytton and Rizal himself uses pen as his weapon to fight for his own country he opens the eyes of every Filipino people through his novel, his writing becomes inspiration to Andrés Bonifacio and fight for our own freedom. But today social networking sites become the Filipino’s way of expressing their thoughts and ideas we can say what we want to, we are free to show our opinions regarding the government and law without a fear of being criticized and defined as criminal by the law because we are inside a free country now. Let’s appreciate every step of communication media, everything works now because of the knowledge and hard work of every people in the past. This is part of my requirements at Development Communication 110-Intro to Communication Media hope you learn a lot on this blog! Have a bless day a head.

Words of Kin and The Red Thread of Change

As I read a fathers letter to his son, I can not help but surmise in the intrinsic relationship of language to intimacy and soundness. Being a daughter of a conservationist and a social worker, the earlier years of my life has always been infused with the the palatable hope of man towards the good and towards a brighter future. Nearing my adolescent years, this battle became passé, in my world at least-- the sudden grenade of the internet (and the city) exploded into my lap. As hopes wane away for teenagers who begin to unlock juvenile regression and exploration, I’ve tried to stray away from the thought of having to offer myself to the mouth of an endlessly greedy society and instead satiate the rigor of my exploration in the new world. I became passive of my abilities to make change, in other words I decided I could no longer fight the same fight the way my mother and father had. However.. after a few years of hiatus, I suddenly realized my own identity has still been heavily founded in the lessons they imparted to our household, and even if I’ve always believed they’d made change, it doesn’t stop there. Lessons were more or less marked in letters my parents would send me, letters they would send in every opportunity they got, as they were usually out of town, doing their thing. 

I still find myself in such a similar situation today; and like Chel, I’ve gathered the books that my parents have read, still scouring for answers as they’ve had, assessing and learning things about the world that is never short of both evil and hope. I paved my own roads, but their lessons have become both my roots and my north star.