Familiarizing students with the problems of advertising in the social aspect, types of advertising messages and models of their social decoding.
Prerequisites
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Scope
Basic definition issues related to advertising.
Psychological aspects of advertising.
Social and economic aspects of advertising.
Types of ads: related to the media: TV advertising, press advertising, radio advertising.
Outdoor advertising.
Commercial advertising and social advertising.
Decoding the advertisement.
Social roles in advertising.
Teaching methods
Work with the text, group work, brainstorming, group discussion.
Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification
Outcome description
Outcome symbols
Methods of verification
The class form
Assignment conditions
The evaluation criterion is the selection of papers/magazines, the design of the tool (the categorization key, conclusions from the analysis). Compliance with the topic, correct work structure, language, reliability, independence of the work, appropriate selection of the literature of the subject.
Recommended reading
Wimmer R. D., Dominick J. R. (2006), Mass Media Research: An Introduction (10th Edition), Wadsworth, Cengage Learning: Boston MA.
Berger A. A. (1995), Essentials of Mass Communication Theory, Thousands Oaks: Sage Publications.
Zielińska M., Szaban D. (2016), On the way to post-materialism? Polish and Ukrainian students in terms of cultural change, [in:] Youth In Central and Eastern Europe. Sociological Studies, 2 (6), s. 135—151.
Karlsson M.B. (2016), Goodbye politics, hello lifestyle. Changing news topics in tabloid, quality and local newspaper websites in the U.K. and Sweden from 2002 to 2012 [in:] Observatorio Journal, vol. 10 – No.4 (2016), 150-165.
Further reading
Newton K. (1999), Mass Media Effecs: Mobilization or Media Malaise?, [in:] British Journal of Political Sciences, vol. 29, No. 4 (577-599).
Jakubowicz K. (2008), „Poli-tabloidization” and the Media in Central and Eastern Europe, [in:] Global Media Journal—Polish Edition No 1 (4), 2008.
Notes
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Modified by dr Tomasz Kołodziej (last modification: 16-04-2020 09:50)