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:
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課程日期/ 時間 |
授課教師 |
課程次別 |
上課內容/主題 |
時數 |
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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 |
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2 |
Building the Toyverse; He-Man, G.I. Joe, Transformers 2A. Masters of the Universe 2B. Selling Technology and Teamwork |
2hr |
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3 |
The Gendered Market; Barbie, Strawberry Shortcake, My Little Pony 3A. Girlhood & Emotional branding 3B. Feminine Fantasy vs. Power Play
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2hr |
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4 |
Saturday Mornings; The Ritual of Consumption 4A. The “Cartoon Block” Experience 4B. The Business of Attention
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2hr |
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8 |
Beyond Plastic; Japan, Video Games, and the Global Market 5A. The Japanese Innovation Pipeline 5B. Nintendo and Sega: Play as Cultural Export
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2hr |
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6 |
The Psychology of Play and Collectibility 6A. The Marketing of Desire 6B. Nostalgia and Identity
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2hr |
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7 |
The Franchise Explosion; When Toys Became Universes 7A. Star Wars and the Birth of Transmedia 7B. LEGO and TMNT: Reinventing the Model
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2hr |
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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
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2hr |
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9 |
Legacy; Toys, Memory, and the Future of Imagination 9A. The rebirth of franchises (LEGO, Star Wars) 9B. When childhood became IP
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2hr |
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18hr |
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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
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