| Language of instruction: |
English |
| Type of course: |
Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: |
Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
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| Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face
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| Course Coordinator : |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ÇAKIR AKER |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ŞAFAK ŞAHİN
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| Recommended Optional Program Components: |
None |
| Course Objectives: |
Advertisement industry has evolved into a different phenomenon in which the interaction became the essence of ads and customer relations. Since the age of industrialization and post-industrial society, the common knowledge was to advertise through impressions and pre-planned messages towards masses yet the new technological developments and especially the video games opened up a new world for advertisers. In this course, the use of both the use of entertainment technologies and mobile apps for ads will be discussed while a brief history on how the advertisement business have evolved into what we are witnessing today is explained and inspected. Additionally, terms such as influencer marketing, appvertising, game design principles and gamification is discussed. Lessons are usually going to be conducted via presentations and discussions. There will be also some extra projects during the course.
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| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Social Networks and Leaderboards |
Reading the pages between 45-62 of the main course book. |
| 1) |
Introduction: Game Mechanics |
Reading the pages between 9-28 of the main course book. |
| 2) |
Passive Play |
Reading the pages between 31-43 of the main course book. |
| 4) |
Funware Mechanics: Points and Beyond |
Reading the pages between 65-91 of the main course book.
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| 5) |
Prizes and Games of Chance |
Reading the pages between 91-108 of the main course book.
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| 6) |
Multiplayer Games |
Reading the pages between 117-123 of the main course book. |
| 7) |
Midterm Exam |
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| 8) |
Know Thy Player |
Reading the pages between 141-161 of the main course book. |
| 9) |
The Future of the Gamers: Generation G |
Reading the pages between 161-177 of the main course book. |
| 10) |
Licesing and Product Placement |
Reading the pages between 173-199 of the recomended book. |
| 11) |
Motivating Sales With Funware |
Reading the pages between 181-194 of the main course book. |
| 12) |
Games in Business |
Reading the pages between 197-202 of the main course book. |
| 13) |
Ethical Issues About Advergames |
Reading the pages between 223-230 of the recomended book. |
| 14) |
Anti-Advergame |
Reading the pages between 223-230 of the recomended book. |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: |
"Game-Based Marketing: Inspire Customer Loyalty Through Rewards, Challenges, and Contests"
Gabe Zichermann, Joselin Linder
"Advergaming and In-Game Advertising: An Approach to the next Generation of Advertising"
Gerald Marolf |
| References: |
Bellman, S., Kemp, A., Haddad, H., & Varan, D. (2014). The effectiveness of advergames compared to television commercials and interactive commercials featuring advergames. Computers in Human Behavior, 32, 276-283.
Terlutter, R., & Capella, M. L. (2013). The gamification of advertising: analysis and research directions of in-game advertising, advergames, and advertising in social network games. Journal of advertising, 42(2-3), 95-112.
Moore, E. S. (2006). It's child's play: Advergaming and the online marketing of food to children. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Marolf, G. (2007). Advergaming and in-game advertising: An approach to the next generation of advertising. Vdm Verlag.
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
To be able to examine, interpret data and assess ideas with the scientific methods in the area of EU studies. |
2 |
| 2) |
To be able to inform authorities and institutions in the area of EU studies, to be able to transfer ideas and proposals supported by quantitative and qualitative data about the problems. |
2 |
| 3) |
To be introduced to and to get involved in other disciplines that EU studies are strongly related with (political science, international relations, law, economics, sociology, etc.) and to be able to conduct multi-disciplinary research and analysis on European politics. |
3 |
| 4) |
To be able to evaluate current news on European Union and Turkey-EU relations and identify, analyze current issues relating to the EU’s politics and policies. |
2 |
| 5) |
To be able to use English in written and oral communication in general and in the field of EU studies in particular. |
1 |
| 6) |
To have ethical, social and scientific values throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data related to EU studies. |
1 |
| 7) |
To be able to assess the historical development, functioning of the institutions and decision-making system and common policies of the European Union throughout its economic and political integration in a supranational framework. |
2 |
| 8) |
To be able to evaluate the current legal, financial and institutional changes that the EU is going through. |
2 |
| 9) |
To explain the dynamics of enlargement processes of the EU by identifying the main actors and institutions involved and compare previous enlargement processes and accession process of Turkey. |
2 |
| 10) |
To be able to analyze the influence of the EU on political, social and economic system of Turkey. |
2 |
| 11) |
To acquire insight in EU project culture and to build up project preparation skills in line with EU format and develop the ability to work in groups and cooperate with peers. |
2 |
| 12) |
To be able to recognize theories and concepts used by the discipline of international relations and relate them to the historical development of the EU as a unique post-War political project. |
3 |