FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
Department of Public Relations and Advertising
PRA 433 | Course Introduction and Application Information
Course Name |
Storytelling in Brand Communication
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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PRA 433
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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5
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Prerequisites |
None
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Course Language |
English
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Course Type |
Elective
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Course Level |
First Cycle
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Mode of Delivery | Online | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | - | |||||
Course Coordinator | - | |||||
Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | The aim of this course is to provide advertising and PR students to learn the importance, benefits and current applications of classic and modern storytelling in brand communication and brand management, and providing them to apply these methods in creative works. |
Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | In this course, students are introduced to creative writing techniques, story types and techniques, the importance of story types and techniques in brand communication, brand management, advertising and PR and current uses of branches of stroytelling techniques and apllications. |
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Core Courses |
X
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Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
1 | Gather by the fire: Roots & relations of storytelling & branding - From prehistorical tribes to an astranaut named L. Armstrong | Part I – Branding Through Storytelling “Storytelling – Branding in Practice” – Klaus Fog, Christian Budzt, Barış Yakaboylu |
2 | Dungeons, Dragons & Knights: The message, the character, the conflict, the plot: AKA How to steal the heart of your audience like a prince in shining armor | Part II - Four Elements of Storytelling “Storytelling – Branding in Practice” – Klaus Fog, Christian Budzt, Barış Yakaboylu |
3 | Hero’s Journey: The Quest of Success Plotting a differentiating story AKA When you gaze into the abyss, lots of brands look back at you | A Practical Guide to Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey” http://www.thewritersjourney.com/hero's_journey.htm |
4 | The Heming-way: Coding the message for the eye & the ear AKA Being brutally honest in writing | “The World’s Language of Persuation” bölümü, “The Invisible Grail” – John Simmons “For Whom the Bells Toll” – E. Hemingway |
5 | The Bonnie Situation: Formulating “character” of a brand AKA Stray bullets kill people, bad mottos kill brands | “The World’s Language of Persuation” sequence “The Invisible Grail” – John Simmons “The Bonnie Situation” sequence, “Pulp Fiction” – Quentin Tarantino |
6 | Engineered Creativity Wordsmithing & storycrafting with a style AKA Being a professional manipulator & being nice about it | “10 Steps to Start Your Concent Marketing” Robert Rose |
7 | The Comic Toolbox Do leaders write or read AKA Getting that punchline right in the face | “The Rule of Nine” ve “The Comedy Throughline” bölümleri, “The Comic Toolbox: How to Be Funny Even When You Are Not” John Warhaus |
8 | Myths & Business Creating a hype for marketing purposes AKA Story-selling: Transmedia storytelling | “Transmedia Storytelling 101 Handout” – Henry Jenkins Star Wars and Disneyland case studies |
9 | What If? (1) Test your writing skills in this workshop | |
10 | A Digitally Aged Cheese That Smells Preparing yourself to write online AKA Using digital media with or without proper technique & suffering the consequences | İnci Sözlük & Ekşi Sözlük case studies |
11 | What If? (2) Test your digital writing skills in this workshop | |
12 | Call me Ishmael Ins & outs of corporate communication & writing for business AKA You style is the brand. Sell it first. | Part 1, “Moby Dick” – Herman Melville Internet Mahir case study and Herman Melville. |
13 | Poet Cemetery: Post mortem evalution & strategy building for future AKA A graveyard exercise for branding professionals | Ginger case study |
14 | Everyone plays! Doing target & market analysis for online audience & building a game concept / conflict that sells big time AKA What does 21st century brain think? | part 1, “The Design of Episodic Games Blog” – Pascal Luban Defiance & Pokemon Go case studies |
15 | Digitally Remastered I Present your digital writing skills in class & let us roast you down. | |
16 | Gather by the fire Overview of the year AKA meet the guys named Guy (Guy Fawkes & Guy Kawasaki run down) |
Course Notes/Textbooks | “You Are Getting Old” Y&R Research for Europe Demographics “10 Steps to Start Your Concent Marketing” Robert Rose |
Suggested Readings/Materials | “Story” Robert McKee “The Comic Toolbox” John Warhaus “On Writing” Stephen King “Storytelling – Branding in Practice” Klaus Fog, Christian Budzt, Barış Yakaboylu |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation |
1
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20
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Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments |
1
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10
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Presentation / Jury |
2
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10
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Project |
4
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60
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Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exams | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
8
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100
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Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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Study Hours Out of Class |
10
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2
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20
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Field Work |
0
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Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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Portfolio |
0
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Homework / Assignments |
1
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14
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14
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Presentation / Jury |
2
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10
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20
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Project |
4
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12
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48
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Seminar / Workshop |
0
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Oral Exam |
0
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Midterms |
0
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Final Exam |
0
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Total |
150
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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1 | To be able to critically interpret theories, concepts, methods, instruments and ideas that form the basis of Public Relations and Advertising field. |
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2 | To be able to collect and use necessary data to produce content in the field of Public Relations and Advertising with scientific methods. |
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3 | To be able to use theoretical knowledge gained in the field of Public Relations and Advertising in practice. |
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4 | To be able to use analytical thinking skills in the field of Public Relations and Advertising. |
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5 | To be able to convey creative ideas and solution suggestions supported by scientific data in written and oral form to stakeholders. |
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6 | To be able to take responsibility as individual and group members to solve problems encountered in the practice of Public Relations and Advertising field. |
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7 | To be able to develop solutions that favor public good and raise awareness by having knowledge about regional, national and global issues and problems. |
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8 | To be able to relate the basic knowledge of other disciplines supporting the field of Public Relations and Advertising with his/her own field of expertise. |
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9 | To be able to use the knowledge, skills and competencies acquired by following regulations, innovations, changes, current developments, and occupational health and safety practices closely in the field of Public Relations and Advertising; in a lifelong manner and for individual and social purposes. |
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10 | To be able to collect, interpret and share data by considering social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of Public Relations and Advertising. |
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11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Public Relations and Advertising and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1) |
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12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
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13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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