課程形式
線上
課程名稱
The Toys that Sold a Generation;Entertainment as Advertising in the 1980s
課程編號
1344
課程期間
2025-11-13 ~
老師
Antonio Pawluk Magnotti (其他個人講師)
課程類別
英語
時數
18 (小時)
修課人數
0
簡介

一、課程名稱: The Toys that Sold a Generation: Entertainment as Advertising in the 1980s(□實體授課  ■線上教學)

二、開課類別:□資訊及程式相關課程  ■考核之相關課程  □EMI課程
     (此3項無則免勾選)
     □講座  □展演  □實作  ■工作坊
     (此4項務請至少擇1勾選)

三、開課學年度: 114 學年度第 2 學期 (■常年開設)

四、基本資料:

(一)            總授課時數:  18 小時( 9或18小時)

(二)            授予學分數:  1 學分(0.5或1學分)

(三)            學分認抵領域:通識-共同選修

(四)            招生人數:無上限

(五)            開課單位(學分認抵單位):通識教育中心

(六)            協同開課單位: ■教發發展中心

(七)            備註:(可填寫課程時間、報名方式、報名時間、錄取公告方式等事項)

五、 課程介紹(課程宗旨、先備知識等):

This 18 hour lecture course will explore how media deregulation, toy design, and consumer marketing created a new culture where imagination was packaged, play was televised, and childhood was merchandised. Over this series we’ll trace how toys became cultural icons, how ads disguised themselves as adventures, and how a decade of art and commerce used the psychology of consumerism to redefine our nostalgia and consumer culture that still resonates to this day.

這門為期 18 小時的講座課程將探討媒體去管制化、玩具設計與消費行銷如何共同形塑出一種全新的文化。在這個文化中,想像力被包裝成商品、遊戲被搬上螢幕,而童年則被商品化。

在課程中,我們將回顧玩具如何成為文化符號、廣告如何偽裝成冒險故事,以及整個十年間藝術與商業如何運用消費心理學,重新定義我們的懷舊情感與消費文化,其影響至今仍深深迴盪在當代社會之中。

六、 課程目標:

1.     Understand how media, marketing, and product design shaped the culture of childhood and consumer imagination in the late 20th century.

2.     Learn visual and narrative techniques used in advertisements, TV shows, and toy marketing.

3.     Identify the relationship between art, commerce, and psychology in shaping popular culture and nostalgia.

4.     Develop vocabulary and expressions for discussing media, culture, and marketing in English.

5.     Express critical opinions and reflections in English writing, connecting past cultural trends to today’s consumer society.

(一) 理解媒體、行銷與產品設計 如何共同影響二十世紀末的童年文化與想像力的形成。

(二) 分析廣告、電視節目與玩具行銷中的視覺與敘事手法。

(三) 辨識藝術、商業與心理學之間的關聯, 探討它們如何形塑流行文化與懷舊情感。

(四) 學習並運用與媒體、文化、行銷相關的英文字彙與表達方式。

(五) 以英文書寫的方式表達批判性觀點與反思, 將過去的文化現象與當代消費社會連結起來。

七、 授課教師: Antonio Pawluk Magnotti

八、 與通識基本素養之關聯性:■公民涵養  □自然生態  □藝術美學

                        □資訊科技  □健康樂群  □人文反思


九、 課程進度:

課程日期/

時間

授課教師

課程次別

上課內容/主題

時數

預計114學年度第2學期起,開放於線上平台給學生學習。

Antonio Pawluk Magnotti

1

Setting the Stage; The World Before Toy Commercials

1A. The Toy Industry Before the 1980s

1B. Deregulation and the Birth of Cartoons an advertisement

2hr

2

Building the Toyverse; He-Man, G.I. Joe, Transformers

2A. Masters of the Universe

2B. Selling Technology and Teamwork

2hr

3

The Gendered Market; Barbie, Strawberry Shortcake, My Little Pony

3A. Girlhood & Emotional branding

3B. Feminine Fantasy vs. Power Play

 

2hr

4

Saturday Mornings; The Ritual of Consumption

4A. The “Cartoon Block” Experience

4B. The Business of Attention

 

2hr

8

Beyond Plastic; Japan, Video Games, and the Global Market

5A. The Japanese Innovation Pipeline

5B. Nintendo and Sega: Play as Cultural Export

 

2hr

6

The Psychology of Play and Collectibility

6A. The Marketing of Desire

6B. Nostalgia and Identity

 

2hr

7

The Franchise Explosion; When Toys Became Universes

7A. Star Wars and the Birth of Transmedia

7B. LEGO and TMNT: Reinventing the Model

 

2hr

8

The Fall and Reinvention of the Toy Ad Era

8A. The 1990s Shift; Parents, Politics, and Digital Media

8B. The 2000s Reboot; Nostalgia and Repackaging

 

2hr

9

Legacy; Toys, Memory, and the Future of Imagination

9A. The rebirth of franchises (LEGO, Star Wars)

9B. When childhood became IP

 

2hr

 

18hr

十、 評量方式:
完成觀看影片、課後測驗達60分及格通過。

十一、    使用教材:

老師自制PPT
Lappé, A. (2013, September 26). What Ronald Reagan has to do with Dora on your popsicle package: The backstory behind Shrek hawking Twinkies. Earth Island Journal. https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/what_ronald_reagan_has_to_do_with_dora_on_your_popsicle_package/

Regulations on children’s television programming in the United States. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved November 11, 2025, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulations_on_children%27s_television_programming_in_the_United_States

Johnson, A. (2024, June 25). Banning ads for kids: An old, bad idea. Information Technology & Innovation Foundation. https://itif.org/publications/2024/06/25/banning-ads-for-kids-an-old-bad-idea/

KidsCorp. (2025, April 7). Children’s advertising: What are the rules, laws and controversies? KidsCorp Digital. https://kidscorp.digital/kidscorp-childrens-advertising-what-are-the-rules-laws-and-controversies/

Curran, C., & Richards, J. (2000). The regulation of children's advertising in the US. Young Consumers: Insight and Ideas for Responsible Marketers, 2, 139–154.

https://doi.org/10.1108/eb027647

Forman, A. M., & Sherman, E. (2023). FTC conducts hearings on ads aimed at children. EBSCO Research Starters. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/ftc-conducts-hearings-ads-aimed-children

Ratner, E. M., Ogg, R. C., Adair, S., Hellegers, J. F., Stern, G. P., McNeill, D., Zacharias, L., Freundlich, T., & Niemasik, J. (1978, February). FTC staff report on television advertising to children. Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED178083

報名資訊    
報名期間
開始: 2026-03-01
總人數限制
無限制
其他資訊
承辦人
李佳穎 / 教學發展中心 (電子郵件: ying0223@utaipei.edu.tw)
Antonio Pawluk Magnotti / 其他個人講師 (電子郵件: apmagnotti@gmail.com)
開課單位
教學發展中心
課程 QR code
https://tms.utaipei.edu.tw/course/1344
課程教材
  1. 1.
    PDFs
  2. 2.
    Intro
  3. 3.
    Mod1 Entertainment as Advertising
  4. 4.
    Mod2 Building the Toy-verse
  5. 5.
    Mod3 Asthetics of Selling
  6. 6.
    4Mod Manufacturing Desire
  7. 7.
    5Mod Global Ex. & Localization
  8. 8.
    6Mod Nostalgia
  9. 9.
    7Mod Toys to Memes
  10. 10.
    8Mod Toys and Human Behavior