KCOE 4190 - Content: a new playground for Brands to connect with digital cultures
KCOE 4190 · Spring semester 2025-2026
- Language of tuition
- English
- Course type
- Cours séminaire
- Number of hours
- 24
- Credits
- 3
Information
Description
The course's objectives are:
- Provide a broad overview of content fundamental tactics and brand strategies.
- Understand the new algorithmic media landscape and the impact of AI in content production
- Study the evolution of content and its different forms (brand content, content marketing, hero content, influence strategy…)
- Show why mastering content and creators is key in a platform-driven digital world.
- Discover and analyze new trends in formats, grammars, and content producers.
- Provide grids and tools to evaluate and manage content programs.
- Evaluate the challenges of brand safety and responsibility
Prerequisites
Course taught in English Language: a C1 Level in English is required to register for this course.
Teaching format
12 x 2h00
Assessment
- Active individual participation, review of industry hot trends 10%
- Exposé - work in groups of 2 or 3, around the analysis of a content trend, or the content strategy of a Brand, an organization or even an individual (20%)
- AI driven task - in groups of 2 or 3, use AI to craft a content strategy on a given brief (analyze, plan, design) (30%)
- Final task "Agency Pitch mode" : Group work based on collective assignment (content strategy brief) (40%)
Readings
Main readings 5
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Derek Thompson - Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
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Frank Rose - The art of immersion - Norton
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Frédéric Martel, Mainstream - Flammarion
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Ken Auletta, Frenemies - Harper & Collins
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Scott Galloway, The Four - Penguin Random House
Further readings 2
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John M. Jordan – The Rise of the Algorithms : How YouTube and TikTok Conquered the World
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Michiko Kakutani - The death of truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
Teaching units
| Unit no. | Unit type | Teaching units | Teachers | Number of hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53544 | Cours séminaire | Content: a new playground for Brands to connect with digital cultures | Pierre BERNET, Naguy MITSUI | 24 | 3 |
Teachers
- Pierre BERNET
- Naguy MITSUI
In the curricula
- DUAL DEGREE "MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION" WITH FUDAN UNIVERSITY - SEMESTER 2 (2025-2026)ÉCOLE DU MANAGEMENT ET DE L'IMPACT (EMI)
- MASTER COMMUNICATION, MÉDIAS ET INDUSTRIES CRÉATIVES - SEMESTRE 2 (2025-2026)ÉCOLE DU MANAGEMENT ET DE L'IMPACT (EMI)
- MASTER IN COMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES - SEMESTER 2 (2025-2026)ÉCOLE DU MANAGEMENT ET DE L'IMPACT (EMI)
Contacts and resources
- Contact
- VLACCI Valérie