30376 - COMMUNICATION AND CULTURAL CONSUMPTION DECISIONS
CLEACC
Department of Marketing
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 31
Course Director:
IOANNIS EVANGELIDIS
IOANNIS EVANGELIDIS
Course Objectives
The course has two key objectives.
First, students develop a deep understanding of consumer behavior. We cover the typical consumer decision process, as well as specialized topics such as conceptual, experiential, cultural, and luxury consumption. Students are exposed to state-of-the-art academic research on topics such as consumer memory, communication, persuasion, decision-making, and happiness.
Second, since this course is a laboratory, students learn to apply the study of consumer behavior to cultural and creative industry contexts. We discuss how extant theory can be used in order to predict and influence how people behave as consumers of cultural and creative products. We further discuss the research methods that managers can use in order to attain key consumer insights in such industries. You are assigned a specific problem for each session that we discuss and you are asked to propose a solution.
First, students develop a deep understanding of consumer behavior. We cover the typical consumer decision process, as well as specialized topics such as conceptual, experiential, cultural, and luxury consumption. Students are exposed to state-of-the-art academic research on topics such as consumer memory, communication, persuasion, decision-making, and happiness.
Second, since this course is a laboratory, students learn to apply the study of consumer behavior to cultural and creative industry contexts. We discuss how extant theory can be used in order to predict and influence how people behave as consumers of cultural and creative products. We further discuss the research methods that managers can use in order to attain key consumer insights in such industries. You are assigned a specific problem for each session that we discuss and you are asked to propose a solution.
Course Content Summary
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Consumer Memory and Learning.
- Consumer perception
- Consumer Motivation and Goals.
- Consumer attitudes.
- Influencing Consumers: Communication and Context.
- Influencing Consumers: Personal Characteristics and Culture.
- Influencing Consumers: Social Influence.
- Consumer Decision-Making: Preference Reversals.
- Consumer Decision-Making: Nudging.
- Phycology of Numbers and Price.
- Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction, and Happiness.
- Conceptual, Experiential, and Cultural Consumption.
- Consumer & environment.
- Luxury marketing.
Detailed Description of Assessment Methods
For attending students
This class offers you the opportunity to apply what you have learned and demonstrate mastery of the consumer behavior study.
For non attending students
This class offers you the opportunity to apply what you have learned and demonstrate mastery of the consumer behavior study.
- Final Exam (50% of the final grade). There is 1 final exam. It is out of 30 points. Questions are based on course materials (papers and slides).
- There are 6 short group assignments in total, 5 of which are mandatory. Students can make their own group (maximum 2 people per group). In each assignment, students can implement one of the concepts discussed in the readings to a cultural/creative brand, product, or service of their preference. Students are asked to present their idea for 5-10 minutes (there is no written assignment). The grade across the best (highest-rated) 5 group assignments is averaged and counts for 50% of the final grade.
For non attending students
- Final Exam 100%.
Textbooks
There is no textbook assigned for this course. Instead, students have to read the class slides and scientific articles indicated by the instructor at the beginning of the course.
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