Course: Global Aspects in Marketing Communications

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Course title Global Aspects in Marketing Communications
Course code KUMK/MXGAM
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
Discussed topics:- Global aspects of the development of the contemporaryworld, globalization origins, the emergence of a new world reality. Characterization of globalization processes in the world - -economy, culture, national interests, multinational units. -Analysis of the Czech Republic's accession to the EU supranational group -factual and communication aspects of the issue. A nation-state or supranational entity -how forces play in the polarity of opinions. The emergence of a new culture. Intercultural complications or the emergence of a new culture? -International economic trends -new phenomena in marketing and new image of the future. Characteristics of the main driving forces of transnational economic groupings, the process of concentration and monopolization, capital allocation -communication of the topic and possibilities of the consumer sphere to defend themselves against the negative aspects of economic globalization. -Wealth and poverty -two aspects of one globalization, social movements and the possibility of help -the role of commercial and social marketing communication-Education as a public right or public obligation? The myth of the cheap uneducated workforce, access to education and the demands of education as conditio sine qua non of further harmonious social development. -Ecology as the central theme of anti-globalization clashes -where is the truth and whose interests are in focus? 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. -Marks and their role as modern icons of the world -pirated imitations as the reverse of one coin. Are celebrities the new icons of the globalized world? Product placement as a new form of serious offer? -Competitiveness as a central point of intersection of corporate interests -benchmarking as a tool to know the current state-Changing the media world, the advent of IT, communication networks, chaos versus new information rules? -Advertising as a permitted lie? Change in the position of advertising in the system of marketing communication, the emergence of new communication categories within the MC

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.
  • MOOIJ, Marieke de. Global marketing and advertising: understanding cultural paradoxes. 2014. ISBN 9781452257174.
  • STEGER, Manfred B. Globalization. A Very Short Introduction.. 2017. ISBN 978-0-1987-7955-1.


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