James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2019

LB5232 - Marketing and Customer Engagement

Credit points: 03
Year: 2019
Student Contribution Band: Band 3
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This subject reviews current marketing practices as they relate to the use of digital media, with specific focus on social media forms but also encompassing gaming and hybrid media platforms and the rapidly evolving mobile and location-based media forms. It critically reviews current knowledge of consumer communities and 'tribes', the creation / co-creation of value and the impact of these for brand management, including cross-cultural perspectives and privacy, ethical and legal issues involved in digital media. The core concepts of marketing are applied to digital / social media, with a specific focus on a critical analysis of the theoretical frameworks that can be used to explain digital / social media use, drawing on real-world marketing examples.

Learning Outcomes

Prerequisites:LB5202 OR ANY INTRODUCTORY MARKETING SUBJECT

Availabilities

, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2019
Method of Delivery:WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:end of semester exam (50%); marketing case study (15%); marketing plan and proposal (35%).

Cairns, , Study Period 10
Census Date 12-Dec-2019
Face to face teaching 25-Nov-2019 to 07-Jan-2020 (9-5pm Monday 25 Nov 2019, Tue 26 Nov, Mon 9 Dec, Mon 6 Jan, Tue 7 Jan 2020)
Contact hours:
  • 39 hours
  • 0 hours
    Assessment:other exams (50%); assignments (35%); marketing case study (15%).

    JCU Singapore, , Study Period 51
    Census Date 11-Apr-2019
    Contact hours:
    • 36 hours
      Assessment:other exams (50%); assignments (35%); marketing case study (15%).

      JCU Singapore, , Study Period 53
      Census Date 05-Dec-2019
      Contact hours:
      • 36 hours
        Assessment:other exams (50%); assignments (35%); marketing case study (15%).

        JCU Brisbane, , Study Period 22
        Census Date 08-Aug-2019
        Contact hours:
        • 36 hours
          Assessment:other exams (50%); assignments (35%); marketing case study (15%).

          JCU Brisbane, , Study Period 21
          Census Date 11-Apr-2019
          Contact hours:
          • 36 hours
            Assessment:other exams (50%); assignments (35%); marketing case study (15%).

            JCU Brisbane, , Study Period 23
            Census Date 05-Dec-2019
            Contact hours:
            • 36 hours
              Assessment:other exams (50%); assignments (35%); marketing case study (15%).

              Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.