Do you find being called "black" offensive?

**Frownland** · 03-04-2015, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Soulflower

It is technically not a social science

There probably are some social dimensions to the field that incorporates some elements of social science but I would not define communications as a social science. It falls more under mass media relations or journalism in my opinion but I am aware not all majors have the same curriculum. So maybe your curriculum is more based on social sciences.

I have never heard Communications ever refereed to as a social science.

Studying the effects of the media, marketing, advertising, etc. is what makes it a social science because it studies society. I guess you learn something new everyday, because it's pretty commonly referred to as a social science.

~~Soulflower~~ · 03-04-2015, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

You're entirely missing my point about culture changing.

And yeah huh, communications studies is totally a social science. You can agree with a few of my points, I won't think any less of you.

I personally don't consider it the same as Psychology, Sociology or a Human Family Service degree and depending on the school and curriculum its more concentrated in journalism and mass media relations at least that is what it was at the school I went too.

What I have to learn is different from what you have to learn. So maybe that is why you don't understand where I am coming from with the diversity argument.

~~Soulflower~~ · 03-04-2015, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Studying the effects of the media, marketing, advertising, etc. is what makes it a social science because it studies society. I guess you learn something new everyday, because it's pretty commonly referred to as a social science.

See my above post...

DwnWthVwls · 03-04-2015, 03:43 PM

In all fairness I've studied at 3 different colleges and any program they had called communications was more business oriented than "Studying the effects of the media, marketing, advertising, etc.". You might learn a small amount about that stuff along the way but it wasn't a science curriculum by any means.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 03-04-2015, 03:44 PM

it doesn't even matter since everybody knows social science isn't real science anyway

~~Soulflower~~ · 03-04-2015, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

In all fairness I've studied at 3 different colleges and any program they had called communications was more business oriented than "Studying the effects of the media, marketing, advertising, etc.". You might learn a small amount about that stuff along the way but it wasn't a science curriculum by any means.

Thanks.

This was the point I was trying to make.

~~Soulflower~~ · 03-04-2015, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

it doesn't even matter since everybody knows social science isn't real science anyway

Pardon?

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 03-04-2015, 03:47 PM

no thanks, i don't need a pardon atm

~~Soulflower~~ · 03-04-2015, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

So society made negroid a racial slur not science. It's no different from the word bitch in how it has been transformed.

All I simply was trying to argue is its used as a racial slur *shrugs*

**Frownland** · 03-04-2015, 03:47 PM

@DWV Our curriculum focuses heavily on communications theory, communications research, and other stuff like that. There are business-related courses of course, but communications is a multi-faceted field that incorporates a lot of theory based work into it.

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Originally Posted by Soulflower

I personally don't consider it the same as Psychology, Sociology or a Human Family Service degree and depending on the school and curriculum its more concentrated in journalism and mass media relations at least that is what it was at the school I went too.

What I have to learn is different from what you have to learn. So maybe that is why you don't understand where I am coming from with the diversity argument.

You would consider sociology and psychology the same? It's a field of social science, different fields are bound to be different.

But I still don't understand how being (or becoming) an expert in one social science lends you expertise in anthropology.

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