SC519-7-AU-CO:
Advertising: Commerce and Creativity
2020/21
Sociology and Criminology
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Thursday 08 October 2020
Friday 18 December 2020
20
29 June 2020
Requisites for this module
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MA NP5312 Advertising, Marketing and the Media,
MA NP53MO Advertising, Marketing and the Media,
MSC L31124 Migration Studies
The module forms a core component of the MA Advertising, Marketing and the Media.
It draws on the expanding body of sociological, historical and cultural scholarship on advertising and consumer society. In doing so, the module explores the organisational and institutional structures of the advertising industry since the late nineteenth century, focusing on the growth of the service advertising agency in Britain and North America.
The module charts the internationalisation of advertising through the twentieth century and the rise of global advertising and brand promotion in more recent times. It also reflects on the economic role of advertising in supporting other media and the forms of professional knowledge, expertise and workplace cultures of the industry. Alongside these empirical concerns, the module also seeks to reflect theoretically on advertising as a market device and creative practice.
The aims of the module are:
1. To develop an historical understanding of advertising as a commercial practice
2. To explore the institutional and organisational structures of the industry
3. To explore the international and global dynamics of advertising
4. To develop an understanding of the emergence of particular cultures of selling and promotion and the expert knowledge associated with them
5. To develop an advanced understanding of advertising as a commercial and creative practice
Cutting across the historical and empirical focus of the module there will be a reflection on how advertising as an industry and practice might be theorized and a reflection on the links between advertising and the wider creative industries.
Please note that assessment information is currently showing for 2019-20 and will be updated in September.
No information available.
- Nixon, Sean. (2013) Hard sell: advertising, affluence and transatlantic relations, c. 1951-69, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Roy Church. (2000) 'Advertising Consumer Goods in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Reinterpretations', in The Economic History Review. vol. 53 (4) , pp.621-645
- Sinclair, John. (2012) Advertising, the media and globalisation: a world in motion, London: Routledge.
- Elizabeth Rose McFall. (2004) Advertising: a cultural economy, London: SAGE. vol. Culture, representation and identity series
- Hoggart, Richard. (1970) Speaking to each other: essays, London: Chatto & Windus.
- Crawford, Robert. (2008) But wait, there's more: a history of Australian advertising, 1900-2000, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
- De Grazia, Victoria. (2005) Irresistible empire: America's advance through twentieth-century Europe, Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
- Nixon, Sean. (2006) '‘The Pursuit of Newness: advertising, creativity and the ‘narcissism of minor differences', in Cultural Studies. vol. 20 (1) , pp.89-106
- Miller, Peter; Rose, Nikolas. (1997-02) 'Mobilizing the Consumer', in Theory, Culture & Society. vol. 14 (1) , pp.1-36
- Mazzarella, William. (2003) Shoveling smoke: advertising and globalization in contemporary India, Durham: Duke University Press.
- Arvidsson, A. (2005) 'Brands: A critical perspective', in Journal of Consumer Culture. vol. 5 (2) , pp.235-258
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course. The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students. Further reading can be obtained from this module's reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Research Report |
23/11/2020 |
10% |
| Coursework |
Essay |
25/01/2021 |
90% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Sean Nixon, email: snixon@essex.ac.uk.
Professor Sean Nixon
Michele Hall, Graduate Administrator, Telephone 01206 873051, Email: socpgadm@essex.ac.uk
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Dr David Clampin
Liverpool John Moores University
Subject Leader - History
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