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Madrid, Spain - Course Descriptions - General Advertising Theory

Course Information

Subject: Advertising (ADV)
Number: 100 Level
Language of Instruction: Spanish

Contact Hours and Credits

Semester Session: 60 contact hours, 4 semester credits, 5 quarter credits

Availability

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Full Description

OBJECTIVES
To understand the essence of advertising and the importance of «marriage» between advertising and media: the search for new, better or more stable as well as responsible relationships.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Concept of advertising. Advertisers. Agencies. The media. The target public. The producer component. Research services. Creativity and advertising. The economic dimension of advertising. Advertising as communication; advertising as a linguistic-semiotic phenomenon. Advertising as a social phenomenon and in cultural environments.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
BAÑOS GONZÁLEZ, M.: Creatividad y Publicidad, Laberinto, Madrid 2001.
GONZÁLEZ MARTÍN, J. A.: Teoría General de la Publicidad. Fondo de Cultura Económica, Madrid 1996.
MORENO, I.: Narrativa Audiovisual Publicitaria. Paidós, Madrid 2003. (Próxima publicación).

METHODOLOGY
Classes will combine theory and practice, and it will be the student’s obligation to supplement, with the suggested bibliography, the subject matter presented in class and the subject matter that must be studied independently. The practice will be had after theory explanations by the professor.

EVALUATION
Class attendance, exam and assignment(s).

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