Marketing

B321I Consumption in a digital world

Lecturer:

Shobhit Eusebius, PhD

Course description: B321I
Language: English
Recommended for this semester or higher: 5
ECTS-Credits: 6
Course can be taken as part of following programs/modules: International Economics
International Business Administration
Economics and Business Administration
Prerequisite for:

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Prerequisites: Marketing B220 (101) is recommended.
Submission of an assignment is a compulsory requirement to be eligible for the exam, more details in the first lecture.
Limited attendance: 80
Course Type: Lecture (2 weekly lecture hours - block course)
Date:

Block Course: ONLINE COURSE - Details follow in ILIAS

Thursday, May 7, 2020 - ONLINE

Friday, May 8, 2020 - ONLINE

Friday, June 19, 2020 - ONLINE

Details available in ILIAS.

Registration: Limited to 80 participants. Registration will open on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 on ILIAS - end of registration time: April 26, 2020 (23:55 pm). If the number of applications exceeds the number of places available, we unfortunately will not be able to accept all of the applicants. In this case, a random selection will be made from all the applications received. (10 places are reserved for exchange students). Link is announced here. Admitted students will receive an email after the registration period.
Downloads: in ILIAS
Method of Assessment:

Written Exam (60 minutes)
Regular date:
Additional date:
More information on the website of the examination office (https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/129098).

Content:

The course covers the impact of digitization on the psychological, social, and cultural elements of consumer behaviour.
1. Define and describe key psychological, social, and cultural elements of consumer behaviour.
2. Define and describe the concept of self, and the impact of digitization on the concept of self.
3. Describe the impact of the digitization of the self-concept has on psychological, social, and cultural elements of consumer behaviour.

Objectives:

Students will learn to define and describe the key psychological, social, and cultural elements of consumer behavior, and the impact of digitisation on these elements.

Literature:

Solomon, M. R. (2018). Consumer behavior: Buying, having, and being. Boston: Pearson.
Belk, R. W. (1988). Possessions and the extended self. Journal of consumer research, 15(2), 139-168.
Belk, R. W. (2013). Extended self in a digital world. Journal of consumer research, 40(3), 477-500.