Sociology of Advertising

Course: Sociology

Structural unit: Faculty of Sociology

Title
Sociology of Advertising
Code
ВБ7.2
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
4 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
1.1. Know modern theoretical and methodological approaches to the analysis of advertising as a social phenomenon. 1.2. Know the theoretical paradigms that reveal the basic concepts and categories of the sociology of advertising. 2.1. Be able to analyze the social context of advertising within the basic theoretical paradigms of sociology and adapt the basic parameters of the study of advertising as part of a system of social interaction to the conditions of everyday life of modern society. 2.2. To be able to freely and consciously use the terminological apparatus of sociology of advertising, to apply in practical sociological activities the basic methods of research of advertising campaigns.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Students’ knowledge of the basics of philosophy, psychology, sociology, economics and marketing. 2. Possession of skills of reading and critical analysis of social information and texts published in Ukrainian, English and Russian. 3. Possession of skills of analytical and exploratory methods of sociological empiricism.
Course content
Topic 1. Sociology of advertising as a branch of sociological knowledge. Topic 2. Advertising in the system of socio-cultural relations. Topic 3. Mechanisms of social influence of advertising. Topic 4. Social and political advertising. Topic 5. The sphere of consumption as a field of implementation of advertising activities. Topic 6. Sociological methods of studying the advertising impact.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Lysytsya N.M., Belikova Yu.V. Sociology of advertising: a textbook for students of higher educational institutions. - Kharkiv: KhNU named after V.N. Karazin, 2012. - 208 p. Mironov Yu.B., Kramar R.M. Basics of advertising. Textbook. - Drohobych: Posvit, 2007. - 108 p. Orishev A.B. Sociology of advertising. - Moscow: Infra-M, 2013. - 235 p. Popova N.V. Fundamentals of advertising: a textbook. - Kharkiv: Publishing House “VDELE”, 2016. - 145 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, independent work, individual task, presentation, thematic report
Assessment methods and criteria
Group and individual work in seminars: LR 1.1, LR 1.2, LR 2.1, LR 2.2 - max 45 / min 27 points. Thematic report: LR 3.1, LR 4.1, LR 4.2 - max 15 / min 9 points. Individual task: LR 3.1, LR 4.1, LR 4.2 - max 15 / min 9 points. Presentation of individual task: LR 3.1 - max 5 / min 3 points. Test work: LR 1.1, LR 1.2, LR 2.1, LR 2.2 - max 20 / min 12 points. Final evaluation: course credit.
Language of instruction
ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Marharyta Shyrokova
Department Social Structures and Social Relations
Faculty of Sociology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department Social Structures and Social Relations
Faculty of Sociology