Theory and method of social representations

Wagner, Wolfgang, Farr, Robert, Jovchelovitch, Sandra ORCID: 0000-0002-0073-2792, Lorenzi-Cioldi, Fabio, Marková, Ivana, Duveen, Gerard and Rose, Diana (1999) Theory and method of social representations. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2 (1). pp. 95-125. ISSN 1367-2223

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Abstract

This paper gives an overview of social representation theory, definitions of the key terms and of the social processes leading to a representation and to social identity. Six empirical studies are presented and details of their methods and findings are given to illustrate this social psychological approach. These studies are about the ontogenesis of gender, the public sphere in Brazil, madness on British television, images of androgyny in Switzerland, individualism and democracy in post-communist Europe and metaphorical thinking about conception. The methods are ethnography, interviews, focus-groups, content analysis of media, statistical analysis of word associations, questionnaires and experiments. Finally, social representation theory is compared to theories of attitudes, schemata and social cognition.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/editors.asp?ref...
Additional Information:	(c) 1999 Blackwell Publishing.
Divisions:	Psychological and Behavioural Science
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Date Deposited:	09 Aug 2007
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2024 00:11
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/2640

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