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MKTG8033 – Social Media Marketing

2023 – Session 1, In person-scheduled-weekday, North Ryde

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff
Dr Helen Siuki
helen.siuki@mq.edu.au
Contact via Email
4 Eastern Rd, room 240
Wednesday, 11am-12pm, face-to-face or via Zoom
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
(Admission to MMktg or MInfoSysMgmt or MIntBus or MBusAnalytics) or MKTG8011 or MKTG8015
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description
Social media networks provide a dynamic, interactive, and cost-effective platform that helps marketing managers to tackle contemporary marketing challenges. The applications of social media enable marketers to co-create marketing content, co-develop and share stories that stimulates and encourages consumer engagement with the firm. The widespread use of social media has driven businesses, regardless of their size and scope, to adopt social media marketing in their marketing activities.
This unit will develop students’ knowledge about social media marketing as a contemporary approach to market a business through ongoing interactions with the consumers. The unit will focus on developing students’ skills to critically evaluate organisations’ social media marketing, and the effectiveness of the social media activities and campaigns. The unit will develop students’ ability to create a social media campaign to market new products/services, or to reinforce existing products/services.

Important Academic Dates

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Discuss and apply social media marketing theories and activities to interact with the consumers, individually and/or in collaboration with peers.
  • ULO2: Critically evaluate the effectiveness of organisations’ social media marketing, activities, and campaigns
  • ULO3: Create a social media campaign to market new or existing products/services and justify the effectiveness of the campaign, individually and/or in collaboration with peers.

General Assessment Information

Late Assessment Submission Penalty (written assessments)  

  Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.   

  For any late submissions of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration. 

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Social Media Campaign Development 40% No Week 7 & Weeks 12/13
Social Media Analysis Report 35% No Week 9
Class Activities 25% No Week 2-Week 13

Social Media Campaign Development

Assessment Type 1: Plan
Indicative Time on Task 2: 36 hours
Due: Week 7 & Weeks 12/13
Weighting: 40%

 

Creating social media campaign allows you to creatively use your accumulated knowledge and skills to engage in real marketing activities. You have to work in a group of 4-5 and create a social media campaign on one of the popular social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest) for a new or existing product/service. You are required to submit an individual written report and present your work to the classroom with your group members. This assessment task has two stages: Stage 1: Each group-member submits a 1500 word proposal (20%) outlining their suggestions and creative ideas for developing a social media campaign. Stage 2: the group develops their campaign, integrating the best suggestions and ideas provided by each member, and present it to the class for 20 minutes (20%).

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Discuss and apply social media marketing theories and activities to interact with the consumers, individually and/or in collaboration with peers.
  • Create a social media campaign to market new or existing products/services and justify the effectiveness of the campaign, individually and/or in collaboration with peers.

Social Media Analysis Report

Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Week 9
Weighting: 35%

 

Social Media Analysis Report requires you to critically evaluate an existing real-life social media marketing campaign. At the conclusion of this assignment, student should demonstrate their ability to critically analyse the effectiveness of organisations’ social media marketing, activities, and campaigns, as well as to provide recommendations for future improvement. You have to provide a 2000 words ±10% written report.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Discuss and apply social media marketing theories and activities to interact with the consumers, individually and/or in collaboration with peers.
  • Critically evaluate the effectiveness of organisations’ social media marketing, activities, and campaigns

Class Activities

Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 24 hours
Due: Week 2-Week 13
Weighting: 25%

 

Practice based activities include online discussions on iLearn, in-class activities/ class and group discussions, quizzes, and case studies. You will work individually and in a group.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Discuss and apply social media marketing theories and activities to interact with the consumers, individually and/or in collaboration with peers.
  • Critically evaluate the effectiveness of organisations’ social media marketing, activities, and campaigns
  • Create a social media campaign to market new or existing products/services and justify the effectiveness of the campaign, individually and/or in collaboration with peers.

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGY

• The unit is delivered in a workshop format. Students are expected to be active and engaged learners, contributing fully to workshop sessions.

• Learning activities include individual and group tasks that are to be completed during private study and in the workshops. Students need to read in advance of workshop sessions, participate in classes and online discussion forums, be prepared to work in small groups and discuss the materials assigned each week.

• The lecture notes, social media marketing cases, and other resources will be posted on iLearn at https://ilearn.mq.edu.au on a weekly basis. Students are required to check iLearn regularly for announcements/ updates.

CLASSES

  • There are 1.5 hr weekly workshop sessions which consist of class activities and discussions.
  • Pre-recorded lectures (1 hr), and asynchronous activities (0.5 hr) will be available on iLearn, on a weekly basis, prior to each workshop session.
  • The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/
  • Attendance will be taken in class. • Students are expected to arrive on time and not to leave until the class ends.

Technology Used and Required • Use of a PC or laptop is required to access internet/ social media platforms, and complete tasks on iLearn, and to access iLearn for course materials. • Softwares required include: E.g., Zoom, Word processing, PowerPoint, video recorder & video/ media player, Acrobar Reader, etc.

Recommended textbooks: Melissa S. Barker, Donald Barker, Nicholas F. Bormann, Debra Zahay, Mary-Lou Roberts, (2021), Social Media Marketing: A Strategic Approach, 3rd Edition, Cengage.

Tuten, T. L., (2020), Social Media Marketing, 4th Edition, Sage Publications Ltd (UK).

Supplementary Resources: Bianchi, A., (2021), Driving Consumer Engagement in Social Media, 1st Edition, Publisher: Routledge

Heggde, G., and Shainesh, G. (2018), Social Media Marketing - Emerging Concepts and Applications, Palgrave Mcmillan.

MacDonald, J. (2019), Social Media Marketing Workbook: How to Use Social Media For Business, JM Internet Group.

Unit Schedule

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Changes from Previous Offering

No major changes.

Unit information based on version 2023.05 of the Handbook