Course: Global Communications

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Course title Global Communications
Course code KUMK/MPGLO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English, English, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Weberová Dagmar, doc. PhDr. Ph.D., MBA.
Course content
- analysis of the process of accession of the Czech Republic to the supranational grouping of the EU - material and communication aspects of the issue; - international economic tendencies-new phenomena in marketing and a new picture of the future; - wealth and poverty - two aspects of one globalization, the social movement and the possibility of helping-the role of commercial and social marketing communication; - education as a right of the public or a duty of the state to the public - the myth of cheap uneducated labor, access to education and demands of education as a conditio sine qua non of further harmonious social development; - ecology as a central theme of anti-globalization conflicts - where the truth and whose interests are in the spotlight, the Kyoto Protocol and the ambiguity of the current situation; - production of consumer goods and the role of marketing communication in the preparation and formation of consumer demand; - brands and their role of modern icons of the world - pirate imitations as the reverse of one coin, are celebrities new icons of the globalized world? Product placement as a new form of serious offer; - competitiveness as a central intersection of corporate interests-benchmarking as a tool for understanding the current situation; - change of the media world, advent of IT, communication networks, chaos versus new information order; - Advertising as a permitted lie? Change in the position of advertising in the system of marketing communication, the advent of new communication categories within the Ministry of Culture.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Globalization
Globalization
Homogenization of consumer needs
Homogenization of consumer needs
Global Marketing Communications
Global Marketing Communications
Global consumer culture
Global consumer culture
History of globalization
History of globalization
Skills
Defining globalization, explaining its advantages and disadvantages
Defining globalization, explaining its advantages and disadvantages
To explain homogenizing tendencies in consumer behavior
To explain homogenizing tendencies in consumer behavior
To understand the role of marketing communications in the globalization process
To understand the role of marketing communications in the globalization process
To explain global consumer culture
To explain global consumer culture
To get an overview of the history of globalization
To get an overview of the history of globalization
Recommended literature
  • MILANOVIC, Branko. Global Inequality. A New Approach for the Age of Globalization. 2016. ISBN 978-0674-73713-6.
  • Moou, Marieke de. Global marketing and advertising: understanding cultural paradoxes. 4th ed.. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE., 2014. ISBN 9781452257174.
  • Sorrells, Kathryn; Sekimoto, Sachi. Globalizing intercultural communication: a readr. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage, 2016. ISBN 9781452299334.
  • Steger, Mangred B. Globalization. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-1987-7955-1.


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