Social Representations in Studying Information, Knowledge, and Mediations: A Critical Review

This text addresses the concept of social representations, as well as its uses and epistemological limits in the processes of production, distribution, and appropriation of information and knowledge. From a critical and systematic documentary–bibliographical analysis, this paper aims at shedding lig...

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Published inSocial Sciences Vol. 7; no. 12; p. 256
Main Authors Rubira-García, Rainer, Puebla-Martínez, Belén, Gelado-Marcos, Roberto
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 06.12.2018
Subjects
Editorials
epistemology
information
Knowledge
mediations
Moscovici, Serge
Social psychology
social representations
Sociology
Theory
Spain
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Summary:This text addresses the concept of social representations, as well as its uses and epistemological limits in the processes of production, distribution, and appropriation of information and knowledge. From a critical and systematic documentary–bibliographical analysis, this paper aims at shedding light on the conditions of emergency and functioning of social representations and their role in building up shared meanings. The article connects objectification and anchoring mechanisms from the formation processes of social representations with strategies of meaning construction, and therefore, of knowledge acquisition, in relation to information exchange in different psychosocial stages. Finally, we aim at trying to reflect on the socio-cultural aspects that shape information and communication phenomena, and the significance of the mediations paradigm in this regard.
ISSN:2076-0760
2076-0760
DOI:10.3390/socsci7120256