Information sheet
The course explores the language of advertising from a multimodal, social-semiotic perspective. You will be members of an imaginary advertising agency.
Basic information
Languages of learning English
Grading scale General scale, 0-5
Course type Regular course unit
Course level Intermediate studies
OrganiserDepartment of Language and Communication Studies
Higher education institution University of Jyväskylä
Content and goals
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the students will be able to
interpret advertising discourse from a multimodal and social semiotic perspective,
understand and explain how semiotic resources are used for persuasion,
critically reflect on the process of multimodal meaning-making in advertising,
work collaboratively to design promotional materials for a target group.
Content
The course provides an introduction into advertising discourse. By analyzing the process of multimodal meaning-making across different promotional genres, the students will become aware of how the interplay of the different modalities can be used for marketing purposes. Building on the framework of social-semiotic multimodal discourse analysis, the course will introduce tools both for the creation and for the critical analysis of advertising discourse. In addition to analysing advertisements, the students will be working as members of an imaginary advertising agency and create promotional materials together.
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Option 1
Basic Studies in English Language
EKIPER
min 25
cr
Course materials
Study materials
The study materials will be available in Moodle. The required readings will be provided during the course.
Classification
Fields of study
Fields of education (Ministry of Education and Culture), Humanities
Responsible persons and contact information
Responsible teacher
Johanna Ennser-Kananen
johanna.f.ennser-kananen@jyu.fi
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Responsible organisations
Department of Language and Communication Studies 100 %