Single case analytical study: social representations
Set out the representational forms implicated in the case (use images, text, theory to do this)
Set out the power relations embedded in the representations – who is advantaged/ disadvantaged or empowered/disempowered (use theory)
Set out the ethical implications – are the representational forms equitable or inequitable and why
Introduction:
Identify your case/issue and define any key terms
Say why the case/issue is important
Set out the ‘nature’ of social representations; philosophical stance (idealism or anti realism), how theory describes social representations (Moscovici)
Set out the argument you will make
Summary:
Briefly restate what your essay is about and why it is important
Briefly restate the representational forms you have discussed
Summarise the argument you have made
Concluding comments?
Learning outcomes:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate social and cultural representations of one of the following: society and social action; power and the exercise of power; structure and agency; individual and collective action.
2. Understand and critically assess the impact of appropriate social and cultural representations upon our understanding of one of the following: society and social action; power and the exercise of power; structure and agency; individual and collective action.
3. Demonstrate an ability to critically reflect upon the implications of such theoretical representations for the individual and society.
Possible themes: crime and media, media and the individual, representing female desire, propaganda, children mind