In this paper we analyse the modalities thanks to which Social Representations (Moscovici, 1961/67, 1981, 1984) of the Social Worker are created and socialised by mass media (Allegri, 2006). The study presents a number of discursive analyses (Billig, 1985 ; Potter, 1996) concerning extracts from daily and weekly magazine articles which appeared in the Italian national press during 2008. Methodology is based on specific techniques of Discursive Social Psychology, namely Discourse Analysis (Potter, 1996). Discursive analysis of these extracts from magazine articles has led us to the extrapolation of a number of Rhetorical Devices and Interpretative Repertoires that highlight the articulation of discursive factors which offers a negatively-oriented Social Representation of Social workers.
La prospettiva discorsiva applicata allo studio delle rappresentazioni “mediali” delle professioni: il caso dell’assistente sociale.
AIELLO, ANTONIO;
2011-01-01
Abstract
In this paper we analyse the modalities thanks to which Social Representations (Moscovici, 1961/67, 1981, 1984) of the Social Worker are created and socialised by mass media (Allegri, 2006). The study presents a number of discursive analyses (Billig, 1985 ; Potter, 1996) concerning extracts from daily and weekly magazine articles which appeared in the Italian national press during 2008. Methodology is based on specific techniques of Discursive Social Psychology, namely Discourse Analysis (Potter, 1996). Discursive analysis of these extracts from magazine articles has led us to the extrapolation of a number of Rhetorical Devices and Interpretative Repertoires that highlight the articulation of discursive factors which offers a negatively-oriented Social Representation of Social workers.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
