What is 'Communication'?

[black7sonic]

I'm a 17 year old who enjoys writing. I am thinking of studying Journalism or Marketing in University, but many people have mentioned studying a degree called 'Communications'? I'm really unsure of what this is, but as it is mentioned quite a lot, could someone perhaps tell me what it actually is, and where it may take me?

[Rustic B]

Communication studies is an academic field that deals with processes of human communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols to create meaning. The discipline encompasses a range of topics, from face-to-face conversation to mass media outlets such as television broadcasting. Communication studies also examines how messages are interpreted through the political, cultural, economic, semiotic, hermeneutic, and social dimensions of their contexts.

A major in communication leads to a career in telemarketing.