Module Details

Module Code: MRKT9022
Title: The Digital Consumer
Long Title: The Digital Consumer
NFQ Level: Expert
Valid From: Semester 2 - 2016/17 ( January 2017 )
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits: 5
Field of Study: 3420 - Marketing & Advertising
Module Delivered in: 1 programme(s)
Module Description: This module will examine what impact digital media has on influencing consumers when they purchase items. The module guides students' thinking relating to people and how they are affected by the technological revolution in their daily lives.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Critically evaluate the importance of Marketing 3.0 for organisations in the current climate
LO2 Critically assess consumer behaviour theories and concepts and their application across cultures.
LO3 Critique the digital media landscape might influence individual behaviour.
LO4 Review the impact of the digital marketplace on consumers and consumer behaviour.
LO5 Systematically analyse the role of the consumer in helping businesses with both product and content development
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
Incompatible Modules
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Co-requisite Modules
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Requirements

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Indicative Content
Social Media Usage
Insights and Analytics on Social Media, Social Messaging, Consumer content, Live Streams, Marketing in the moment, Events.
Consumer Behaviour
Introduction to consumer behaviour across cultures; The consumer as an individual, Consumer decision-making, The role and impact of culture in consumer behaviour; The digital marketplace and its impact on consumers; Digital consumer behaviour theory; New trends in digital marketing.
Marketing 3.0
This explores why the future of marketing lies in creating products, services, and company cultures that inspire, include, and reflect the values of target customers.
Permission Marketing
Permission Marketing looks at the opportunity for the consumers to choose whether or not to be subjugated to marketing. By only targeting such audiences, Permission Marketing assures that the consumers pay more attention to the marketing message. It encourages consumers to engage in a long-standing, cooperative marketing campaign.
Brand ambassadors
Investigating the role of celebrities and well-known personalities and how they influence the decisions of their fans. The important role the consumer has in influencing people in purchasing or not purchasing from an organisation.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework100.00%

Assessments

Coursework
Assessment Type Written Report % of Total Mark 30
Timing Week 8 Learning Outcomes 3,4
Assessment Description
Students will compose an essay exploring the impact digital media has on individual consumer behaviour behaviour
Assessment Type Written Report % of Total Mark 70
Timing Week 13 Learning Outcomes 1,2,4,5
Assessment Description
Report on sectoral challenges for a particular industry with focus on the changes resultant from the digital revolution.
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.

The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Lecturers exploring Digital Consumption Every Week 2.00 2
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact self-directed study Every Week 5.00 5
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 2.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Class based instruction Every Week 2.00 2
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Self-directed study Every Week 5.00 5
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 2.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Philip Kotler. (2010), Marketing 3.0: From Products to Customers to the Human Spirit, [ISBN: 9780470598825].
  • Seth Godin. (1999), Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into Customers, Simon & Schuster, [ISBN: 9780684856360].
  • Seth Godin. (2008), Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, [ISBN: 9781591842330].
  • Dave Chaffey. (2016), Digital Marketing, 6th. Pearson, [ISBN: 9781292077611].
  • Erik Qualman. (2013), What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube, 1st. Equalman Studios, [ISBN: 9780991183509].
Recommended Article/Paper Resources
  • Guardian Media Blog.
  • Harvard Business Review.
  • Seth Godin Blog.
  • Irish Marketing Journal.
Other Resources
 
Module Delivered in
Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CR_BDMAS_9 Master of Science in Digital Marketing Strategy 2 Elective