Applied Psychology: Social Psychology 23-PSDM-PPS
- Mass communication as a tool of consumption civilisation: products, brands, services, ideas. Phenomena of convergence, formatting, ceiling effect.
- Theories and models of mass communication. Theories of the agenda, magic bullet, limited effects.
- Media images of social reality: politics, advertising, social media, idols and celebrities. Life as a media narrative.
- Analysis and creation of images of people, brands, institutions, public professions: celebrities, influencers, politicians, organisations, psychologists.
- Techniques of social influence in institutional public image building: persuasion, commercial, social, political marketing, social media marketing.
- Socio-cultural sources, norms, standards, patterns, motives for self-presentative behaviour.
- Social media as image building tools; self-presentation strategies in social media; social media self-presentation dilemmas: authentic, false and selective self-presentation - ethical aspect
- Personal brand and the brand of an institution; strategies for creating personal brand and the brand of an institution in social media; functions of a personal brand image; congruence of the brand image and the image of the consumer; psychosocial conditions of the personal brand image.
- Strategies, modifiers, facilitators - inhibitors of impressions in self-presentation behaviours
- Brief creative image activities in product, brand, service and organization promotion. Detailed characteristics of: competition, target market segmentation, positioning, etc.
- Strategies of self-presentation provocative and critically based; the manipulative character of provocation, criticism as a tool of struggle; reasons, tools and ethical aspect of discredit.
- Characteristics and comparison of the virtual self with the real self; the role of personality in self-presentation of the virtual self; the theory of self-perception and creation of the virtual self; the culture of narcissism and life for show; narcissism in social media.
- Social images of gender.
Module learning aims
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Course module conducted remotely (e-learning)
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Year of studies (where relevant)
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences
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Learning outcomes
After completing the module and confirming the EU achievement, the student will be:
- adequately capture the phenomena and processes of social communication, taking into account the specificity of modern media, especially electronic media.
- The notions and theories of media psychology will be used correctly in the analysis of their influence on social behaviour of individuals and groups.
- To analyse and design activities in the field of mass communication as media carriers of the image of social reality.
- To diagnose and interpret strategies and techniques for creating public images of people, professions, institutions
- Recognize the use of social influence mechanisms in manipulating image in political, commercial and social activities
- Be aware of the ethical problems of using and promoting image in the private and public sphere
- Ability to understand and diagnose people's self-presentative behaviours in various socio-cultural situations
- Design and coordinate activities aimed at developing active impression skills in social exposure situations
- To be aware of the possibilities and limitations of one's own self-presentative behaviour - verbal and non-verbal.
- To undertake psychological counselling activities in the field of building strategies and image techniques of people and institutions.
Assessment criteria
Written examination - lecture (online test via MOODLE)
Written Colloquium - conversion (online test via MOODLE)
Project and multimedia presentation - exercises
Practical placement
Field exercises (remote activities via Teams). Dates of classes in the winter semester:
8.01.2021 9:00-13:00
12.01.2021 15:00-19:00
19.01.2021 15:00-19:00
22.01.2021 9:00-13:00
5.02.2021 9:00-13:00
Topics: Creating the image of the selected public entity.
Bibliography
Basic literature:
Aboujaoude E. (2012). Wirtualna osobowość naszych czasów (pages 13-82). Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego.
Arcimowicz, K. (2003). Obraz mężczyzny w polskich mediach. Prawda-Fałsz-Stereotyp (chapters 3). Gdańsk: GWP.
Attrill, A. (2015). Cyberpsychology (chapters: 2 i 7). Oxford: University Press.
Attrill, A., Fullwood, C. (2016). Applied cyberpsychology (chapter: 1). Palgrave Macmillan.
Białopiotrowicz, G. (2009). Kreowanie wizerunku w biznesie i polityce (chapter: 1). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Poltext.
Cwalina, W., Falkowski, A. (2006). Marketing polityczny – perspektywa psychologiczna (chapters: 4, 5 i 7). Gdańsk: Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne.
Godzic, W. (2007). Znani z tego, że są znani. Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Akademickie i Profesjonalne.
Gorbaniuk, O. (2011). Personifikacja marki. Perspektywa psychologiczna i marketingowa (chapters: 7 i 8). Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL
Karwat, M. (2007). O złośliwej dyskredytacji. Manipulowanie wizerunkiem przeciwnika (chapters: 2, 5). Warszawa: PWN.
Leary, M. (2003). Wywieranie wrażenia na innych. O sztuce autoprezentacji (chapter: 6). Gdańsk: GWP.
Leathers, D.G. (2007). Komunikacja niewerbalna. Zasady i zastosowania (chapter: 10). Warszawa: PWN.
McQuail, D (2008). Teoria komunikowania masowego. Warszawa: PWN.
Michalska-Dominiak B., Grocholiński P. (2019). Poradnik design thinking – czyli jak wykorzystać myślenie projektowe w biznesie. Onepress.
Ociepka, B. (2003) Public relations w teorii i praktyce (chapter: 1). Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego.
Olędzki, J., Tworzydło, D. (2006). Public relations. Znaczenie społeczne i kierunki rozwoju (chapter: 2). Warszawa: PWN.
Pratkanis, A., Aronson, E. (2003). Wiek propagandy. Warszawa: PWN.
Rudzewicz, A., Grzybowska-Brzezińska, M., Wojtkowska, A. (2015). Wizerunek kobiety w reklamie internetowej w zależności od płci adresatów przekazu. Handel Wewnętrzny, 1(354), 231-240.
Samardakiewicz, E., Gorbaniuk, O. (2011). Zarządzanie antykryzysowe a wizerunek firmy. Organization and Management, 147(4). 79-91.
Szybińska, K., Mroczkowska, D., Toeplitz, Z. (2004). Obraz psychologa w oczach nie psychologów. Przegląd Psychologiczny, 47, 2, 191-219.
Winterhoff-Spurk, P. (2007). Psychologia mediów. Warszawa: WAM.
Wojciszke, B. (2010). Sprawczość i wspólnotowość. Podstawowe wymiary spostrzegania społecznego (chapter: 4). Gdańsk: GWP.
Internet sources:
Badora B. (2013). Polacy o zarobkach różnych grup zawodowych. Komunikat z badań, http://www.cbos.pl/SPISKOM.POL/2013/K_127_13.PDF
Badora B., Roguska B. (2004). Opinia społeczna na temat zawodów zaufania publicznego. Komunikat z badań, http://www.cbos.pl/SPISKOM.POL/2004/K_073_04.PDF
Cybulska A. (2013). Prestiż zawodów. Komunikat z badań, http://www.cbos.pl/SPISKOM.POL/2013/K_164_13.PDF
Feliksiak M. (2012). Wizerunek nauczycieli. Komunikat z badań, http://www.cbos.pl/SPISKOM.POL/2012/K_173_12.PDF
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