Translation strategies, contradiction, and the theory of social representations: Why discussing needles may improve blood donor retention

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 393-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail Moloney ◽  
Jane Hayman ◽  
Marguerite Gamble ◽  
Geoff Smith ◽  
Rob Hall
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donor ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Donor Retention ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

scholarly journals Comparative study on the social representations of cancer and breast cancer

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarida Pocinho ◽  
Fatima Matos ◽  
Ana Amaral
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Breast Cancer Treatment ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Central Core ◽  
Central Nucleus ◽  
The Social ◽  
Symbolic Universe ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

Abstract Background The symbolic universe of cancer is associated with death, but its treatment has undergone innumerable innovations, which may lead to a new meaning for social representations. The theory of social representations seeks the new, which changes in the knowledge of common sense (Guareschi & Jovchelovitch, 1994). Thus, the objective of this work is to identify the social representations of cancer and breast cancer, identifying their changes and their meanings based on the central nucleus and the peripheral system. Methods Qualitative and descriptive study, based on the structural approach of the theory of social representations. The sample was non-probabilistic and due to accessibility. The collection instrument was a Word Evocation Test with two inducing words, ‘cancer’ and ‘breast cancer’. The subjects were asked to mention three words that came to their mind immediately and spontaneously. The SPSS and IRAMUTEQ software were used. Results 753 subjects participated and 2316 words were evoked for each inducing word. In the central core of cancer the words pain, illness, death, suffering. Central core of breast cancer: treatment, pain, feeling, woman, strength. Conclusions The social representation of cancer is still strongly death, while in breast cancer it is the treatment. Suffering and pain are part of the central core of the two words and continue to characterize the disease, but in breast cancer the word strength appears. It is concluded that the social representation of breast cancer is being reframed.

scholarly journals The Jihadi Current and the Lay Thinking: A “Re-Anchorage” Process Hypothesis

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-374
Author(s):  
Dorra Ben Alaya
Keyword(s):  
Common Sense ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Al Qaeda ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Islamist Terrorism ◽  
Familiar Objects ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

The Jihadi-salafist doctrine which is at the Islamist terrorism origin that affects several countries since the emergence of Al Qaeda in the late 80's, gave birth to the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham/Levant (ISIS/ISIL) established as a Caliphate in 2014. Despite the ISIS official military defeat in 2019, the Jihadi-Salafist current - whose history goes back a long way, is currently behind a number of attacks whether collective or individual, claimed by known organizations or committed in isolation. In our perspective, we try to apprehend the attraction power of the Jihadi narrative issue taking the Theory of Social Representations as a paradigmatic framework. This implies that we dont consider the Jihadi current membership as the manifestation of a deviation from normality or optimal rationality, but as the expression of a certain common sense resonance. More precisely, and taking the case of the Tunisian context, the success of the Jihadi narrative is explained by its effectiveness as an interpretive grid and as a guide for action, making it possible to re-anchor a reality lacking in meaning. This hypothesis of a re-anchoring implies that anchoring as described by Moscovici as one of the two processes at the origin of the social representations formation (with the objectification process), could be not only as a familiarization of the strange by inserting it in an already known pre-existing frame, but by substituting to the frame itself, a new one, in order to be able to insert familiar objects which would have lost their sense precisely because of the old frame itself. This hypothesis could offer a theoretical and heuristic perspective allowing the anchoring process to be conceived as a circular and non-definitive process.

scholarly journals The theory of social representations and quality of life\hiv\aids: Integrative literature review

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 3609
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Leite Hipolito ◽  
Denize Cristina de Oliveira ◽  
Antonio Marcos Tosoli Gomes ◽  
Tadeu Lessa Da Costa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Hiv Aids ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

scholarly journals Social representations and information security of children and adolescents: the point of view of teachers (Part 1)

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.B. Bovina ◽  
N.V. Dvoryanchikov ◽  
S.Yu. Gayamova ◽  
A.V. Milekhin ◽  
S.V. Budykin
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mechanism Of Action ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

The focus of attention of the authors is the consideration of information security of children and adolescents as the object of social representations. Discusses the need for the theory of social representations to develop prophylactic and preventive programs in the field of information security of children and adolescents, in particular, says that the effectiveness of prevention and preventive programs is determined by how this information is understood by the target group, through what filters it passes. Briefly outlines the main provisions of the theory of social representations, discusses the functions of social representations, the mechanism of action ideas. Analyzed in a few studies, the focus of which was the presentation on new technologies, particularly mobile phones and the Internet. Presents the results of a series of studies devoted to the study of information security of children and adolescents, including the results of the first part of a research project dedicated to the analysis of how parents and teachers understand information security and what strategies to protect children and adolescents from dangerous information they are ready to use.

scholarly journals How Kids Understand Health and Illness: Some Reflections from and for the Theory of Social Representations

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.-A. Aim ◽  
L. Dany ◽  
N.V. Dvoryanchikov ◽  
I.B. Bovina
Keyword(s):  
Mental Representations ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Zone Of Proximal Development ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Proximal Development ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

The purpose of the article is twofold: 1) to argue about utility and advantages of the social representational perspective applied to the field of health and illness in case of children, 2) to discuss the potential and fertility of cultural-historical psychology for the development of the theory of social representations (SRs). The studies concerning the children’s understanding of health and illness are analysed. The limitations of the perspective to study mental representations of health and illness are revealed. The relevance and thepotential of the theory of SRs on the problem of children’s understanding of health and illness are discussed. The article reviews the four main theoretical approaches to SRs analysis. It is highlighted that genesis of the SRs is a zone of proximal development (or better to say zona blizhaishego razvitia) of the theory of SRs. The final part of the article dwells on the main points of the cultural-historical psychology in order to reveal some insights for the development of the theory of SRs.

scholarly journals A pesquisa da prática pedagógica e a política de formação de professores: conhecimento, desafio, compromisso na representação social de ex-alunos de Pedagogia

2019 ◽  
Vol 91 (227) ◽  
Author(s):  
Romilda Ens
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Initial Formation ◽  
Continuous Formation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Group Technique ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

O presente estudo faz um levantamento das representações sociais de ex-alunos sobre formação de professores e a inserção da pesquisa na formação inicial e na prática docente. Com o objetivo de compreender qual representação de pesquisa emerge de ex-alunos de um Curso de Pedagogia, fez-se uso da técnica do grupo focal e a análise apoiou-se no aporte da teoria das representações sociais e da política de formação de professores no Brasil. Os resultados obtidos apontam contradições na implementação da proposta de “Pesquisa da Prática Pedagógica” (PPP), eixo fundamental do currículo do Curso investigado, ressaltando aspectos voltados ao conhecimento adquirido, ao compromisso e desafios da proposta. Na representação dos ex-alunos, a pesquisa para os professores vai desde uma concepção “simplista” (fragmentada) a uma diversidade de fundamentos epistemológicos, as quais se repetem na apresentada pelos participantes do grupo focal. A pesquisa assume, portanto, relevância tanto na formação inicial para a docência quanto na formação continuada do professor formador. ABSTRACT RESEARCH OF THE PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE AND THE POLICY OF FORMATION FOR TEACHERS: KNOWLEDGE, CHALLENGE, COMMITMENT IN THE SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF EX-STUDENTS OF PEDAGOGY The purpose of this study is to draw a map of the social representations that ex-students of Pedagogy have about the formation of teachers and the inclusion of the research in the initial formation and the teaching practice. The aim is to understand what representation of research comes out from ex-students of a Pedagogy course. It was used the focal group technique to obtain data and the analysis of the information obtained was based on the theory of social representations as well as the Brazilian policy of formation for teachers. The results obtained revealed contradictions in the implementation of the proposal of the “Research of the Pedagogical Practice” – Pesquisa da Prática Pedagógica (PPP) – fundamental axis in the curriculum of the course investigated, regarding aspects such as knowledge, the commitment and challenges of the proposal. In the representation of ex-students, the research for teachers range from naïve (fragmented) to a wide diversity of epistemological principles that are frequently presented by the participants of the focal group. The research assumes, therefore, an important role not only in the initial formation for teaching but also in the continuous formation of formation professors. Key-words: Policy of education; Formation of teachers; Social Representations; Research; Pedagogical Practice.

From Cultural Psychology to GeroPsychology

GeroPsych ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 137-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaan Valsiner
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Dialogical Self ◽  
Psychology Theory ◽  
Dialogical Self Theory ◽  
Theory Of Social Representations

Abstract. Both geropsychology and cultural psychology have been new branches of psychology that have established their distinctive roles over the last two decades. In this article, I chart out three major perspectives within cultural psychology – theory of social representations (Serge Moscovici), dialogical self theory (Hubert Hermans), and my own cultural psychology of semiotic dynamics, and suggest some directions for their joint roles in GeroPsychology.

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