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MKTG3013 – Marketing Media Insights

2025 – Session 1, In person-scheduled-weekday, North Ryde

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and lecturer
Dr Syed Rahman
syed.rahman@mq.edu.au
Contact via syed.rahman@mq.edu.au
Room 221, 4 Eastern Road (4ER)
Thursday 10-11am
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
130 cp at 1000 level or above including MKTG2002
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description
The marketing media landscape has changed drastically over the past decade. The rise of new media such as digital and social media has changed the ways in which companies communicate and interact with consumers. More importantly, it opens new channels that allow companies to gain immediate and strategic insights into consumer trends and their target market. As such, a company’s ability to transform data generated from various traditional and new media sources into business insights creates a competitive advantage to ensure their survival and prosperity. 
This unit enables students to develop a knowledge of the trends changing the current marketing media landscape. Students will learn how to use different analytic software packages, such as SAS and Excel, to analyse both structured and unstructured data that are produced by various marketing media sources. Student also will learn how to transform results into actionable insights and will develop an ability to communicate and explain their insights in an engaging and effective way.  

Important Academic Dates

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Learning Outcomes

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

  • ULO1: Investigate the challenges, critical factors and organizational impacts faced by companies in deriving insights from different marketing media sources.
  • ULO2: Critically evaluate the diversity in the textual data that are generated by different marketing media sources and formulate appropriate approaches to analysis.
  • ULO3: Analyse both structured and unstructured data to derive business insights that can inform marketing strategies.

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
Skills development: Marketing insights in practice 20% No 26/05/2025
Professional practice: Voice of customers 40% No 28/04/2025
Professional practice: Evidence-based decisions in marketing 40% No 06/06/2025

Skills development: Marketing insights in practice

Assessment Type 1: Portfolio
Indicative Time on Task 2: 12 hours
Due: 26/05/2025
Weighting: 20%

 

The purpose of this assessment is for you to deepen your knowledge of marketing media insights in a range of contexts.   You will curate a selection of activities that showcase your knowledge along with a reflection that justifies your understanding.   Skills in focus: Discipline knowledge Reflective practice   Deliverable: Reflective report [max 1,000 words excluding appendices with supporting evidence] Individual assessment

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Investigate the challenges, critical factors and organizational impacts faced by companies in deriving insights from different marketing media sources.

Professional practice: Voice of customers

Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 24 hours
Due: 28/04/2025
Weighting: 40%

 

The purpose of this assessment is to demonstrate your understanding of marketing media through practical application, preparing you for professional practice in real-world business environments.   You will analyse the voice of customer through a real-world dataset. Based on the insights you generate from the analysis, you will make recommendations to a business.   Skills in focus: Discipline knowledge Research skills Analytical skills   Deliverable: Written report [max. 2,000 words] Individual assessment

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Critically evaluate the diversity in the textual data that are generated by different marketing media sources and formulate appropriate approaches to analysis.
  • Analyse both structured and unstructured data to derive business insights that can inform marketing strategies.

Professional practice: Evidence-based decisions in marketing

Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 24 hours
Due: 06/06/2025
Weighting: 40%

 

The purpose of this assessment is for you to deepen your understanding of applying marketing media insights by examining sources of data to explore insights into the trends and patterns, enhancing your ability to make informed marketing decisions in a professional setting.   You will prepare a report: analysing structured and unstructured information exploring marketing media data analysing insights into trends and patterns that support decision making   Skills in focus: Research skills Analytical skills   Deliverable: Written report [max. 2000 words] Individual assessment

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Critically evaluate the diversity in the textual data that are generated by different marketing media sources and formulate appropriate approaches to analysis.
  • Analyse both structured and unstructured data to derive business insights that can inform marketing strategies.

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

This unit will be delivered in face-to-face mode.

1-hour online recorded lecture on a weekly basis, plus a 2 hour face-to-face weekly tutorial on campus.

The timetable for classes can be found on the University website at: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au.

Students are expected to review the lecture material, complete the readings, watch any video content and prepare the discussion questions in advance of the weekly tutorial.

Successful completion of this unit requires the student to submit all assessment tasks and achieve at least 50% in total.

Access to a personal computer, internet, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Powerpoint is required to complete learning activities and assessment tasks.

Throughout the semester, a combination of selected chapters from different textbooks, journal articles, and online materials (e.g. links to websites, online videos) will be used as learning resources. Following is the list of key required reading/viewing resources; details of learning materials for each week will be available in iLearn. 

Books: 

Katz, H. (2016). The media handbook: A complete guide to advertising media selection, planning, research, and buying. Routledge. (Chapter 1 & 7; MQ library eBook access)

Journal articles: 

Berger, J., Humphreys, A., Ludwig, S., Moe, W. W., Netzer, O., & Schweidel, D. A. (2020). Uniting the tribes: Using text for marketing insight. Journal of Marketing, 84(1), 1-25. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022242919873106

Kunz, W., Aksoy, L., Bart, Y., Heinonen, K., Kabadayi, S., Ordenes, F. V., ... & Theodoulidis, B. (2017). Customer engagement in a big data world. Journal of Services Marketing https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JSM-10-2016-0352

Iacobucci, D., Petrescu, M., Krishen, A., & Bendixen, M. (2019). The state of marketing analytics in research and practice. Journal of Marketing Analytics, 7(3), 152-181. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41270-019-00059-2

Wedel, M., & Kannan, P. K. (2016). Marketing analytics for data-rich environments. Journal of Marketing, 80(6), 97-121. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1509/jm.15.0413

Online resources:

Essential data analytics terms https://www.business.com/articles/30-essential-data-analytics-terms-every-marketer-should-know/

Marketing analytics: What it is and why it matters  https://www.sas.com/cs_cz/insights/marketing/marketing-analytics.html

SAS Contextual Analysis user guide https://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/ca/14.2/utaqsug.pdf

MOZ keyword research: The beginner's Guide https://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo/keyword-research 

SAS Visual Analytics tutorials https://video.sas.com/category/videos/sas-visual-analytics_

Google Analytics for beginners https://analytics.google.com/analytics/academy/course/6

How to use Google Keyword planner https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-keyword-planner/

Facebook Page Insights https://www.facebook.com/business/help/633309530105735

MOZ SEO analysis guide https://moz.com/seo-competitor-analysis

Unit Schedule

Please refer to iLearn.

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Unit information based on version 2025.03 of the Handbook