BSc Marketing

Entertainment has become the dominant experience of consumers in a celebrity-driven culture. Technological innovations from the Internet/Web to social networking to mobile devices and the cloud have disrupted the entertainment industry - film, music and TV. Social media have enabled consumers become co-producers and changed the business models of the entertainment industry. How have social networks altered advertising and marketing by entertainment firms What are the implications of a globalized market for producers and consumers of entertainment What are the ethical and environmental sustainability implications of these changes - does consumer empowerment come at the expense of citizen empowerment Students will examine these issues and develop skills and perspectives to evaluate marketing approaches in the entertainment industry.