THEORIES OF ADVERTISING LANGUAGES
TEORIA E LINGUAGGI DELLA PUBBLICITA'
Languages and promotional forms for contemporary society
Linguaggi e forme promozionali per la società contemporanea
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2015/2016 | 10 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
|---|---|---|
| Stefania Antonioni | Wednesdays, taking an appointment sending an email |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The main object of the course is giving students the necessary tools for the theoretical undestanding of advertising and promotional languages and their relationship with contemporary society. In this frame, there’ll be an analysis of the different modalities, languages and forms that nowadays show their effectiveness, also taking in account a complex and complete media planning strategy.
Program
A journey through the different forms and advertising languages used in different periods will make possible focalizing on the main strategies and instruments used by contemporary promotional communication. Besides during lessons will be shown some cases exemplifying the hybridization between different forms of communication. Those case histories will underline some alternative forms of communication, leading to an understanding of the main changes faces by promotional languages. Moreover the course will focus on the evolution of outdoor communication, on social media based communication and on branded entertainment.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Students have to reach these goals:
1. Knowledge and understanding of: forms and languages of promotional communication in the complex society, through the learning of competences on the main models and theories in the advertising field.
1.1. Students reach these basic knowledge attending lessons, studying mentioned textbooks and case histories shown in class.
2. Use of knowledge and understanding skills: analysing promotional languages and their relationship with reference groups and communication planning.
2.2. Students reach these skills by laboratory activities during class hours.
3. Judging skills: critical approach on the evolving dynamics of advertising and its impact on digital society.
3.1. Students reach and demonstrate these skills during debates with the Professor and with the class, during laboratory activities and during the preparation of the final exam.
4. Communication ability: students have to interact during the lessons asking questions, exchanging ideas with the collegues and organizing keynotes while tested.
4.1. Students reach these skills organizing discussions, excercises and presentations.
5. Learning skills: students have to adopt a critical approach while studying in order to connect theoretical knowledge with empirical analysis, obtaining a personal point of view on the subject.
5.1. Students strengthen these skills debating with the Professor and the rest of the class.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
Presentations of case histories, videos, team works and laboratory activities.
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Introductional lessons, case histories and laboratory activities. Besides students have to work in group for the realization of the copy strategy for the launch of a fictional product.
- Attendance
Lesson attending, individual studying of course books and participation to team works in class hours.
- Course books
- Antonioni S., Pubblicittà. Forme pubblicitarie del moderno, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2012.
- Lombardi M., La strategie in pubblicità. Manuale di tecnica multimediale: dai media classici al digitale, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2014.
- Codeluppi V., Storia della pubblicità italiana, Carocci, Roma, 2013.
- AA.VV., Futuri creativi, La pubblicità che cambia fra culture digitali e culture globali, "Sociologia della comunicazione" n. 47, 2014.
Other reading materials could be suggested during lessons.
- Assessment
Oral exam.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Individual studuing.
- Attendance
Study of the course books.
- Course books
- Antonioni S., Pubblicittà. Forme pubblicitarie del moderno, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2012.
- Lombardi M., La strategie in pubblicità. Manuale di tecnica multimediale: dai media classici al digitale, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2014.
- Codeluppi V., Storia della pubblicità italiana, Carocci, Roma, 2013.
- AA.VV., Futuri creativi, La pubblicità che cambia fra culture digitali e culture globali, "Sociologia della comunicazione" n. 47, 2014.
- Assessment
Oral exam.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
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