Propagation of social representations

Lahlou, Saadi ORCID: 0000-0001-8114-7271 (1996) Propagation of social representations. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 26 (2). pp. 157-175. ISSN 0021-8308

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Abstract

Based on a minimal formalism of social representations as a set of associated cognems, a simple model of propagation of representations is presented. Assuming that subjects share the constitutive cognems, the model proposes that mere focused attention on the set of cognems in the field of common conscience may replicate the pattern of representation from context into subjects, or, from subject to subject, through actualization by language, where cognems are represented by verbal signs. Limits of the model are discussed, and evolutionist perspectives are presented with the support of field data.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0021-8308
Additional Information:	© 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Divisions:	Psychological and Behavioural Science
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Date Deposited:	06 Sep 2010 15:10
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 21:05
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/29176

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