Integrated Marketing Communications

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

Total 140 Hours

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Previous study in Marketing, Communications, Media and Communications, Public Relations, Advertising, or other similar cognate area.

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For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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This subject provides a strategic understanding of, and practical skills to plan and implement, integrated marketing campaigns across a range of media platforms from print to broadcast to social media. It investigates the changing relationship between marketing, advertising and public relations in the context of the emergence of a ‘post-convergence’ media-sphere, and explores the new opportunities and dynamics of social media as a marketing tool. This subject teaches students practical skills in working with the media in developing campaigns, including campaign planning, media liaison, media planning and buying, campaign evaluation and understanding audience research. It also examines the ethical and legal aspects of convergence on the professional practice of marketing communications.

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• develop a thorough understanding of social media platforms as marketing and communication tools
• learn to deploy methodologies to analyse how integrated media campaigns work
• develop practical skills in the design and implementation of integrated media campaigns

Assessment task 1: Short essay, 1,500 words, (30%), due early in semester (approximately week 4-5)

Assessment task 2: Group project, 1,500 words, (30%), due mid to late semester (approximately week 8-9)

Assessment task 3: Reflective essay: 2,000 words, (40%), due at the end of semester

Students are requried to attend a minimum of 80% of classes in order to pass this subject.

A subject reader will be provided.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate competence in advanced library searches and information retrieval;
• Demonstrate proficiency in the application of selected methods of analysis;
• Demonstrate conformity to academic protocols of presentation and research procedures.