A Status Report on Media Education and Training in Thailand

Abstract

Media professions in Thailand generally receive the highest popularity among the non-science students. This is due to the fact that media professions seem much more challenging to the youths, hence leading to the high number of students competing severely to be admitted to the communication schools at major universities allover the country. The subject available for them to study include, for example, advertising, public relations, broadcasting, telecommunications, journalism, etc. To equip the communication students with proper and adequate media skills, a number of internships and training programs are regularly conducted. Every student, for example, has to pass the required internship program at media company before graduation. In addition, there are also various training programs conducted for them during the summer session. Some of them concern advertising creativity, film editing, script writing, internet  and web page creating, media education, as well as writings for various kinds of media output. An issue perceived as necessary for these future media professionals is media ethics.