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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	-