Social Representations Theory
This article argues that the theory of social representations can give valuable contributions to media research. It offers a new theory-based approach for studying how the media and citizens socially represent societal and political issues colouring our age, or some specific time period. Two fundame...
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| description | This article argues that the theory of social representations can give valuable contributions to media research. It offers a new theory-based approach for studying how the media and citizens socially represent societal and political issues colouring our age, or some specific time period. Two fundamental communicative mechanisms – anchoring and objectification – are posited by the theory. These mechanisms, with a set of subcategories, are presented and it is shown how they can be used as conceptual analytical tools in empirical analysis. Concrete examples are given from a study on climate change and the media. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-624fa878d30c4ccca0867c21495903542023-08-02T07:24:07ZengSciendoNordicom Review2001-51192011-11-0132231610.1515/nor-2017-0109Social Representations TheoryHöijer Birgitta0Ph.D., Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Örebro UniversityThis article argues that the theory of social representations can give valuable contributions to media research. It offers a new theory-based approach for studying how the media and citizens socially represent societal and political issues colouring our age, or some specific time period. Two fundamental communicative mechanisms – anchoring and objectification – are posited by the theory. These mechanisms, with a set of subcategories, are presented and it is shown how they can be used as conceptual analytical tools in empirical analysis. Concrete examples are given from a study on climate change and the media.https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0109social representationsmedia researchcommunicative mechanismsanchoringobjectificationclimate change |
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| title | Social Representations Theory |
| title_full | Social Representations Theory |
| title_fullStr | Social Representations Theory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Representations Theory |
| title_short | Social Representations Theory |
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| topic | social representations media research communicative mechanisms anchoring objectification climate change |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0109 |
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