Communications Studies

COMS4104Promotional Culture3 ch (3C) [W]

Promotional culture is central to our lives. Not merely in marketing, advertising and politics, but also the ways in which we interact to promote ourselves, our practices, and our tastes through traditional and social media. This course examines both the history of advertising and modern branding culture in our quest to understand mediated promotionalism.

The course critically examines the social practices involved in promotionalism and is focused on the role of different media of communication in these processes.

Prerequisites: This course is open to students registered in the Certificate in Social Media program or by permission of the instructor.