scholarly journals ENTRE O CRIME E A PANDEMIA: REFLEXÕES EM REPRESENTAÇÕES SOCIAIS

polemica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 063-076
Author(s):  
João Gilberto Silva Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Present Essay ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Limited Period

Resumo: O texto tinha por objetivo uma pesquisa e se tornou um ensaio. De início, o objetivo era dar continuidade à perspectiva de aproximação da teoria das representações sociais aos fenômenos do cotidiano em estudos pontuais ou preliminares. E o fio condutor escolhido foi um crime bastante noticiado nos meios de comunicação, sendo o ponto de partida, portanto, de uma análise preliminar sobre a representação social do crime hediondo. Assim, a partir de dados veiculados pelos meios eletrônicos de comunicação, em prazo curto e delimitado, foram extraídos elementos que apontassem a possibilidade de uma pesquisa sobre a representação social do crime hediondo. Ainda que em caráter inicial, as análises respaldaram a perspectiva de uma abordagem recortada e bem próxima ao calor dos acontecimentos. Entretanto, de forma fulminante e paradoxal, a pandemia provocada pelo novo coronavírus confirmaria de forma radical a tal hipótese de trabalho, alterando completamente o escopo original do texto: escrever sobre o crime hediondo tornou-se secundário em relação ao caos provocado pelo vírus. O presente ensaio, escrito durante o período crítico da pandemia, expressa essa trajetória.Palavras-chave: Representações sociais. Crime hediondo. Cotidiano. Psicologia Social.Abstract: The text was intended for research and became an experience report. At first, the objective was to continue the perspective of bringing the theory of social representations closer to everyday phenomena in specific or preliminary studies. And the chosen guideline was a crime that was widely reported in the media, being the starting point, therefore, of a preliminary analysis on the social representation of heinous crime. Thus, from data transmitted by electronic means of communication, in a short and limited period, elements were extracted that point to the possibility of research on the social representation of heinous crime. Although in an initial character, the analyzes supported the perspective of a cut approach and very close to the heat of events. However, in a fulminating and paradoxical way, the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus would radically confirm this working hypothesis, completely changing the original scope of the text: writing about the heinous crime has become secondary to the chaos caused by the virus. The present essay, written during the critical period of the pandemic, expresses this trajectory.Keywords: Social representations. Heinous crime. Everyday life. Social psychology.

scholarly journals From Prototypical Stimuli to Iconographic Stimuli: The Power of Images in the Study of Social Representations

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-401
Author(s):  
Ida Galli ◽  
Roberto Fasanelli
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Great Power ◽  
Social Object ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
Methods And Techniques ◽  
Interdisciplinary Effort

When we are interested in the image of a social object, we are interested in what individuals have perceived about that object, the ways in which they have interpreted those perceptions, and what they think about that object. Fully agreeing with the idea that the use of iconographic stimuli can enhance the traditional methods and techniques that are used to study any social representation, in this article, two techniques will be presented. The first, the prototypical stimuli technique, was proposed in the second half of the 1980s by Galli and Nigro. The second technique, iconographic stimuli, creatively integrate images and words in a single tool, was designed more recently to study the social representation of culture by Galli, Fasanelli, and Schember. Researches here reviewed clearly shows that the image has the great power to attract to itself the very objects depicted, a power that the word often does not possess. It is images that make people reflect, help them to think about issues concerning the fundamental aspects of everyday life. The work here presented, carried out in first person by the writer, as well as by all the other authors who are concentrating their efforts in this direction, only represents a starting point of reflection. New and more articulated studies will be able to support with heuristic evidence what so far seems to be configured as a suggestive hypothesis, which in any case will require a wider and shared interdisciplinary effort.

scholarly journals Breves orientações sobre a Teoria das Representações Sociais de Serge Moscovici e a interdisciplinaridade

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Cristiana Barcelos Da Silva ◽  
Gerson Tavares Do Carmo ◽  
Alessandra Maria da Silva Custódio Da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Representation Theory ◽  
Qualitative Nature ◽  
The Relationship

<p class="TituloGeral">O presente trabalho teve como objetivo analisar a Teoria das Representações Sociais (TRS) e a questão da Interdisciplinaridade enquanto categorias analíticas e alternativas metodológicas de produção científica. A partir de leituras inicias de autores basilares como, Moscovici (2003), Jodelet (2011, 1998), Sá (1998), Japiassu (1976), Fazenda (1995,1979) e Frigotto (2008), dentre outros, verificamos algumas questões que faziam referência a respeito da possibilidade de interseção  entre a TRS e a Interdisciplinaridade. Desse modo, este estudo buscou, com base em uma análise bibliográfica de cunho qualitativo, comprovar ou refutar a hipótese em torno da relação entre a teoria moscoviciana e a questão da Interdisciplinaridade. Importante destacar que, para a análise, levamos em conta a abordagem, os objetivos, os efeitos, bem como o contexto em que ambos se constituíram. Concluímos o estudo, afirmando a existência de conexão entre as duas temáticas, apontamos para quatro elementos característicos comuns: análise multifacetada de explicação da realidade, a dialogicidade, o foco no todo e a proposição em superar a fragilidade da fragmentação da ciência.</p><p class="ResumoTexto"><strong>Palavras-chave: </strong>psicologia social; processos sociais;conhecimento.</p><p class="ResumoTexto"> </p><p class="TituloGeral"><span lang="EN-US">BRIEF COMMENTS ABOUT THEORY OF SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF SERGE MOSCOVICI AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY</span></p><p class="ResumoTitulo"><span lang="EN-US">Abstract</span></p><p class="TituloGeral">This study aimed to analyze the Social Representation Theory (SRT) and the issue of Interdisciplinarity as analytical categories and methodological alternatives of scientific production. From initial readings of authors such as basic, Moscovici (2003), Jodelet (2011, 1998), Sa (1998), Japiassu (1976), Finance (1995,1979) and Frigotto (2008), among others, we find some issues that made reference about the possibility of intersection between the SRT and the Interdisciplinary. Thus, this study, based on a literature review of qualitative nature, prove or disprove the hypothesis on the relationship between theory and moscovician the issue of interdisciplinarity. Importantly, for the analysis, we consider the approach, the objectives, the effects and the context in which they are constituted. Concluded the study by stating that there is connection between the two issues, we pointed to four common characteristic: multifaceted analysis of explanation of reality, dialogicity, focus on the whole and the proposition to overcome the weakness of fragmentation of science.</p><p class="ResumoTitulo"><strong>Keywords:</strong> social psychology; social processes; knowledge</p><p class="ResumoTexto"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="TituloGeral"><span lang="ES">BREVES COMENTARIOS SOBRE LA TEORÍA DE LAS REPRESENTACIONES SOCIALES DE SERGE MOSCOVICI Y LA INTERDISCIPLINARIEDAD </span></p><p class="ResumoTexto">Resumen</p><p class="ResumoTexto"><span lang="ES">Este estudio tuvo como objetivo analizar la Teoría de las Representaciones Sociales (TRS) y la cuestión de la Interdisciplinariedad como categorías de análisis y alternativas metodológicas de la producción científica. A partir de las lecturas iniciales de autores como básico, Moscovici (2003), Jodelet (2011, 1998), Sa (1998), Japiassu (1976), Finanzas (1995,1979) y Frigotto (2008), entre otros, nos encontramos con algunos problemas que hace referencia a la posibilidad de intersección entre los TRS y la Interdisciplinario. Por lo tanto, este estudio, basado en una revisión de la literatura de naturaleza cualitativa, probar o refutar la hipótesis sobre la relación entre la teoría y moscoviciana el tema de la interdisciplinariedad. Es importante destacar que, para el análisis, consideramos el enfoque, los objetivos, los efectos y el contexto en que se constituyen. Concluido el estudio afirmando que no hay conexión entre los dos asuntos, señalamos a cuatro característica común: el análisis multifacético de la explicación de la realidad, dialogicidad, se centran en el todo y la proposición para superar la debilidad de la fragmentación de la ciencia.</span></p><p class="ResumoTexto"><strong><span lang="ES">Palabras clave: </span></strong><span lang="ES">psicología social; los procesos sociales; conocimiento.</span></p><p class="ResumoTexto"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p>

Obniżenie wieku rozpoczęcia obowiązku szkolnego – reprezentacje społeczne problemu w debacie publicznej

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-93
Author(s):  
Zuzanna Zbróg
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
School Age ◽  
Web Page ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Representation Theory ◽  
On Line ◽  
The Media

The article shows, on the example of discussion about the lowering of the school age, how it can be analysed by means of communication mechanisms distinctive of the social representation theory (anchoring, objectification) and the procedure of media discourse research in what way the media and citizens create social representations concerning socio-political problems, including educational problems. Social representations as a key tool describing the reality give meanings within the frame of the perceived world and join the private and the public reality. The knowledge encompassed in the representations clarifies the reality. The author’s own analysis included press materials published in the on-line versions of Rzeczpospolita, Gazeta Wyborcza and the web page Interia in years 2013–2014.

scholarly journals A pesquisa de representação social na área de ensino-aprendizagem: elementos do estado da arte

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (193) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Rangel
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Representation Theory ◽  
Final Segment ◽  
Research In Education ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
State Of Art

A pesquisa de pósdoutorado, Teoria de representação social: o quadro teórico da Psicologia Social e aplicações atuais à pesquisa na educação (Rangel, 1997), teve como um dos seus objetivos a análise de dissertações e teses contemporâneas (anos 90) que aplicaram a teoria, trazendo contribuições particularmente à área de ensino-aprendizagem. Este estudo, então, possibilitou - nos limites das pesquisas alcançadas - identificar elementos do estado da arte, sem perder de vista a crítica à Teoria de Representação Social (TRS), com particular consideração a Spink (1996). Ainda, tratando-se da TRS, procurou-se observar, pela sua importância na estrutura das representações, componentes do núcleo central da sua aplicação nas pesquisas. No segmento conclusivo, apresentam-se sugestões ao avanço e refinamento da construção teórica. Palavras-Chave: representação social; pesquisa; ensinoaprendizagem; estado da arte. Abstract The research of pos-doctorate, Theory of the Social Representation: the theoretical table of the Social Psychology and its applications of the present time to the research in Education (Rangel, 1997), had as one of the aims the analysis of dissertations and the contemporary theses (90) that applied the theory, bringing contributions, especially in teaching-apprenticeship. In this study could be identified (in the limits of the research) the elements of the state of art – with critical to the social representations theory (SRT), considering Spink (1996). About the Social Representation Theory, some components of the core of its application in research were observed by the importance in the structure of the representations. In the final segment, suggestions are presented to the advancement and refinement of the theorical construction. Keywords: social representations; research; teaching-learning; state of art.

Reporting on the Opioid Crisis (2000-2018) – the Globe and Mail, Canada’s English Language Paper of Record

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Quan ◽  
Lindsay A. Wilson ◽  
Kumanan Wilson
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Pharmaceutical Companies ◽  
Opioid Crisis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Representation Theory ◽  
The Media ◽  
Language Content

Abstract Objectives: We aim to describe the general characteristics of how Canada’s newspaper of record – The Globe and Mail, reports on opioid-related news, the opioid crisis and its victims,and explore how Canadians’ perceptions of the opioid crisis could have developed over time.Methods: We searched The Globe and Mailbetween 2000 and 2018. We identified all articles related to the keyword “opioids”. Independently and in duplicate, reviewers extracted qualitative data from articles. The Social Representation Theory was used as a framework for understanding the how the opioid crisis is portrayed in Canada. Results:Our search yielded 554 relevant opioid articles.The number of articles peaked in 2009, 2012, and in 2016, coinciding with major developments in the epidemic. The language used in this discourse has evolved over the years and has slowly shifted towards less stigmatizing language. Content analysis of the articles revealed common social representations attributing blame to pharmaceutical companies, physicians, and foreign countries.It is easy to blame these collectives as this contributes to social representations thatare anchored in thepublic’s predisposed notions.Conclusions:Canadian coverage of the opioid crisis is focused on basic social representations and blame patterns towards a few collectives, a shift towards root causes of the opioid epidemic could positively influence the general public’s perception of the opioid crisis and help reap deeper understanding of the issue. Journalists face several obstacles to achieve greater focus and framing of the opioid crisis, a closer working relationshipbetween the media and the research community is needed.

The Contribution of Social Representations Theory for a Social Psychology of Communication Laboratory

2021 ◽  
pp. 127-142
Author(s):  
Brigido V. Camargo ◽  
Andréa Barbará S. Bousfield
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Experimental Designs ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Systems Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Set Up

This chapter describes the mission and research of the Social Psychology of Communication and Cognition Laboratory (Laboratório de Psicologia Social da Comunicação e Cognição) at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (LACCOS–UFSC). After explaining how the lab was set up, the authors illustrate the communication systems model from the social representations perspective. This goes beyond previous communication paradigms that use metaphors like the machine, the organism, or Frankenstein and toward a contextualized conception of social communication. Studies conducted by the Lab exemplify how change and continuity might be experimentally explored. Some of them concern scientific knowledge on HIV/AIDS and show how to tackle the dialogical knowledge generated by the ternary Ego-Alter-Object view proposed by means of experimental designs in the social representation domain. The chapter closes with some considerations on the COVID-19 pandemic and the dynamics of social representations.

scholarly journals Social Representations of the Coronavirus at the Beginning of the Pandemic in Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 422-444
Author(s):  
Aleksandr I. Dontsov ◽  
Olga Yu. Zotova ◽  
Lyudmila V. Tarasova
Keyword(s):  
Word Association ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Alteration Zone ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Media Impact ◽  
Survey Techniques ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Two Stages

The coronavirus outbreak is a global event that has bypassed national borders and affected the entire world. Therefore, examining social representations of can reveal the problems that structure peoples experiences in a particular social context. To identify social representations of the coronavirus, the authors conducted a survey within the territory of the Sverdlovsk region. The survey covered the period from March 11 to May 11, 2020. The data were collected in two stages: at the first stage, there were 31 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in Russia, but no cases had yet been recorded in the Sverdlovsk region; at the second stage, the number of cases reached 1952 in the Sverdlovsk region and 221 344 throughout the country. The study used the word association tests, The Semantic Differential Scale (V.F. Petrenko), The Psychic Activation Assessment Methodology (L.A. Kurgan and T.A. Nemchin) and the questionnaire survey techniques. The findings showed that the significance of the coronavirus problem for the respondents varied in different periods of the pandemic. The core of the social representation is sustainable and coherent. It reflects the results of the media impact: death, panic. It also remains stable regardless of the time and involvement of the respondents in the pandemic. The potential alteration zone serves as a kind of taming of knowledge about the coronavirus, the operationalization of the coronavirus perception content into the language of changes in a persons everyday life - the coronavirus pandemic is understood as a flu epidemic and the need for self-isolation is a vacation, an opportunity to stay at home. Observation of the immediate affective reaction of the respondents to the trigger coronavirus uncovered the presence of emotional tension and the prevalence of negative experiences in them. The survey also showed that in the pandemic, being the main source of information and a means of communication, the media set trends for developing perceptions.

scholarly journals Nurses' visibility according to the perceptions of the communication professionals

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ligia Fahl Kemmer ◽  
Maria Júlia Paes da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Professional Recognition ◽  
The Social ◽  
Coherent Image ◽  
Social Representation Theory ◽  
The Media

This study aimed to further our understanding of the social representations of nurses and the nursing profession by communication professionals, since they are intermediates in the decoding of imaging and written representations about society. Method: this is a qualitative study, based on the social representation theory of Moscovici. Five communication professionals working on radio, television, written press, advertising and events were interviewed. Results suggest 1) ignorance about the nurse's field of work, job market and nursing profession categorization. 2) nurses' invisibility before the media and society and 3) nurse's own responsibility to obtain professional recognition and visibility. Participants in this study pointed two essential processes for building a more coherent image of nursing and nurses: 1) exposing the profession primarily before the media, which ignores its potentialities, and 2) through the media in order to reach the population in general.

Common sense, science and social representations

1993 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Farr
Keyword(s):  
Common Sense ◽  
Sociology Of Knowledge ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Understanding Of Science ◽  
French Tradition

The theory of social representations is perfectly suited to the empirical investigation of the public's understanding of science. A sharp distinction is drawn between a scientific theory and its social representation corresponding, respectively, to the contrasting worlds of science and of common sense. Representations of science are to be found in the media as well as in people's minds and need to be sampled and studied in both locations. Moscovici initiated this French tradition of research with his study, in the late 1950s, of psychoanalysis. It is a sociological form of social psychology with close affinities to the sociology of knowledge. The applicability to the natural sciences of a theory developed in relation to the social and human sciences is discussed. The views of Moscovici and of Wolpert are compared and contrasted, especially in regard to the relations between science and common sense. It is argued that the study of social representations is a form of social science that natural scientists need to take seriously if their advice to governments is to become more effective. This is discussed in relation to such health issues as the purity of water and the conduct of government-sponsored campaigns to contain the spread of HIV/AIDS as well as in regard to the wider issues of threats to the ecosystem.

Commitment to pro- versus counter-attitudinal behavior and the dynamics of social representations

2002 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Tafani ◽  
Lionel Souchet
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Social Actions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Dimensional Model ◽  
Students Attitudes

This research uses the counter-attitudinal essay paradigm ( Janis & King, 1954 ) to test the effects of social actions on social representations. Thus, students wrote either a pro- or a counter-attitudinal essay on Higher Education. Three forms of counter-attitudinal essays were manipulated countering respectively a) students’ attitudes towards higher education; b) peripheral beliefs or c) central beliefs associated with this representation object. After writing the essay, students expressed their attitudes towards higher education and evaluated different beliefs associated with it. The structural status of these beliefs was also assessed by a “calling into question” test ( Flament, 1994a ). Results show that behavior challenging either an attitude or peripheral beliefs induces a rationalization process, giving rise to minor modifications of the representational field. These modifications are only on the social evaluative dimension of the social representation. On the other hand, when the behavior challenges central beliefs, the same rationalization process induces a cognitive restructuring of the representational field, i.e., a structural change in the representation. These results and their implications for the experimental study of representational dynamics are discussed with regard to the two-dimensional model of social representations ( Moliner, 1994 ) and rationalization theory ( Beauvois & Joule, 1996 ).

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