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CONSUMER SOCIETY COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
RTI208 CONSUMER SOCIETY 4 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 Reading a book chapter on the subject Introduction Introduction of course content and weekly topics Lecture, Question and answer method, Video watching
2 Reading a book chapter on the subject Concept of Consumption, Development and Parameters of Consumption Culture Lecture, Question and answer method, Video watching
3 Reading a book chapter on the subject Consumer Purchasing Behaviour and Compulsive Consumption Lecture, Question and answer method, Video watching
4 Reading a book chapter on the subject Theories and Theorists of Consumption: Overview; Classical Theorists of Consumption: Max Weber, Georg Simmel Lecture, Question and answer method, Video watching
5 Reading a book chapter on the subject Classical Theorists of Consumption: Torstein Veblen; Contemporary Theorists of Consumption: Jean Baudrillard Lecture, Question and answer method, Video watching
6 Reading a book chapter on the subject Contemporary Theorists of Consumption: George Ritzer; Theorists: Zygmunt Bauman Lecture, Question and answer method, Video watching
7 Reading a book chapter on the subject Critical Theorists of Consumption: Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School Lecture, Question and answer method, Video watching
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Reading a book chapter on the subject Ethnocentrism in Consumer Behaviour Lecture, Question and answer method, Video watching
10 Reading a book chapter on the subject The Concept of Utilitarianism and Utilitarian Consumption Lecture, Question and answer method, Video watching
11 Reading a book chapter on the subject Luxury Consumption and Luxury Marketing Lecture, Question and answer method, Video watching
12 Reading a book chapter on the subject Symbolic, hedonistic consumption and postmodernism Lecture, Question and answer method, Video watching
13 Reading a book chapter on the subject Uncritical Political Economy Approaches to Consumption Lecture, Question and answer method, Video watching
14 Reading a book chapter on the subject Sustainable Consumption Lecture, Question and answer method, Video watching
15 Reading a book chapter on the subject General Evaluation Lecture, Question and answer method, Video watching
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -