social representations

What Is Socio Cultural Representation?

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What Is Socio Cultural Representation? The fundamental aim of social representations is to ‘make the unfamiliar familiar‘ (Moscovici, 1984). … For example, Jodelet (1991) in her study of social representations of madness in a rural French community found that the mentally ill who lived as lodgers in the community were classified as ‘tramps’ or ‘idiots’.

What Is Social Representation Theory?

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What Is Social Representation Theory? The concept of social representation (SR) was developed by Serge Moscovici in 1961 as a social psychological approach articulating individual thinking and feeling with collective interaction and communication. SRs are conceived as symbolic forms that come about through interpersonal and media communication. Who developed social representation theory? Abstract. As heir