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Context Variations and Pluri-methodological Issues concerning the Expression of a Social Representation: the Example of the Gypsy Community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2014

Anthony Piermattéo ,
Grégory Lo Monaco ,
Laure Moreau ,
Fabien Girandola  and
Jean-Louis Tavani
Anthony Piermattéo*
Affiliation:
Aix-Marseille Université (France)
Grégory Lo Monaco
Affiliation:
Aix-Marseille Université (France)
Laure Moreau
Affiliation:
Aix-Marseille Université (France)
Fabien Girandola
Affiliation:
Aix-Marseille Université (France)
Jean-Louis Tavani
Affiliation:
Université Paris Descartes (France)
*
*Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Anthony Piermattéo. Aix Marseille Université, LPS EA 849, 13621, Aix en Provence, France. E-mail: anthony.piermatteo@gmail.com
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Abstract

Within the social representations’ field of research, the “mute zone” hypothesis considers that some objects are characterized by counternormative content that people usually do not express in standard conditions of production. Within the framework of this approach, this study aims to explore the variations in the expression about the Gypsy community following the manipulation of different contexts and the issues associated with a pluri-methodological approach of data analysis. Indeed, two methodologies have been combined. The participants were asked to express themselves in public or in private. In addition, the identity of the experimenter was also manipulated as she presented herself as a Gypsy or not. Then, through a set of analyses based on a methodological triangulation approach, we were able to observe a recurrent modulation of the participants’ answers. These analyses highlighted a greater incidence of the expression of counternormative elements when the context of expression was private and especially when the experimenter did not present herself as a Gypsy (p < .01, ηp ² = .06). These results will be discussed in terms of the contribution of the methodologies employed and their comparison within the framework of the study of counternormative content.

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social representationscounternormative contentcontexts of expressionresearch methods

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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 17 , 2014 , E85
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