School of Management, Unit Catalogue 2009/10 |
MN50335: Advanced advertising theory |
Credits: | 6 |
Level: | Masters |
Period: | Semester 2 |
Assessment: | EX 100% |
Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
Requisites: | In taking this unit you cannot take MN30036 |
Description: | Aims: * To provide participants with a comprehensive overview of modern brand communications theory and practice; * To teach a wide range of advertising and communication models and relate these to models of consumer behaviour; * To review recent psychology learning and show how this relates to new ideas about brand communication; * To outline best practice in brand communication evaluation. Learning Outcomes: * Students will become familiar with a range of different models of brand communication, and learn to apply these models to a wide range of existing brand communication campaigns. * Students will be empowered to apply these models in practical business situations, where development and evaluation of communication campaigns is required. Skills: * Analytical Skills - assessed * Writing Skills - assessed * Class participation skills. Content: The role of brand communication in influencing brand choice will be critically examined making extensive use of in-class discussion of examples of advertising. The following specific subjects will be covered: Lecture 1: Introduction to the course & review of classic consumer buying behaviour Lecture 2: Cognitive Brand Choice Models Lecture 3: Simple non-cognitive models Lecture 4: Practical issues in advertising development Lecture 5: Psychology of Learning & Attention Lecture 6: Psychology of Affective Processing Lecture 7: Models of Affect and Attention Lecture 8: Low Attention Processing model Lecture 9: Practice in developing ad strategies Lecture 10: Advertising Evaluation Lecture 11: Revision. |