What is the place of interpretation in text analysis? An example using ALCESTE® software

Montalescot, L.; Lamore, K.; Flahault, C.; Untas, A.

doi:10.1080/14780887.2024.2316624

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‘Hunger happens elsewhere, here malnutrition results from lack of proper care’: Social representations of malnutrition and processes of Othering in the Nepalese press

Caillaud,

Payotte

2024

Euro J Social Psych

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Malnutrition gives rise to stigmatisation worldwide and is a pressing societal issue. Drawing on social representation theory and on the process of othering, a lexicometric analysis of Nepalese press articles (N = 440) was conducted to explore if, and how, Othering of the malnourished is at play and how articles (re)construct the threat of malnutrition. The results indicate that Othering takes different forms depending on the threat the malnourished represent: (a) the malnourished in foreign countries are perceived as suffering from hunger due to a lack of social development and democracy whereas (b) the malnourished in Nepal are perceived as being afflicted because they hold traditional beliefs. However, (c) when the threat can be attributed to natural disasters, no negative attributes were associated with the malnourished in Nepal. This suggests that Othering is neither systematic nor monolithic. These findings illustrate how social psychology can address urgent societal questions while equally offering an opportunity for new theoretical developments.

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‘Hunger happens elsewhere, here malnutrition results from lack of proper care’: Social representations of malnutrition and processes of Othering in the Nepalese press

Caillaud,

Payotte

2024

Euro J Social Psych

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‘One of the greatest injustices of our time’: The impact of social representations of modern slavery in the UK—A mixed methods approach

Haughton,

Vione,

Hughes

2024

British J Social Psychol

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This study aimed to examine how social representations of modern slavery and immigration become entangled in newspaper media. 2672 UK newspaper articles were collated from 2013 to 2022 and analysed using Content Analysis (Descendant Hierarchical Classification) and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). Two themes and corresponding extracts were identified from the content analysis output and analysed using CDA allowing for the exploration of the role of the hegemonic social representations to understanding how discourses of modern slavery are reproduced through the othering in relation to ethnicity and migration. The two themes that emerged were ‘Leading the way in tackling slavery’ and ‘Making claims.’ The themes combined showed how the media and political discourse positioned the UK government as leading the way in tackling modern slavery. Simultaneously, discourses criminalized migrants and constructed them as the source of social harm, and the obstacles to resolving the social injustices were those opposing anti‐immigration legislation. These two contradictory positions have implications in how modern slavery is understood by the public. More worryingly, it could lead to silence from victims due to the threat of being criminalized.

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Navigating HIV-Related Stigma in Switzerland: A Qualitative Study

Gilles,

Jackson-Perry,

Le Saux

et al. 2024

Int J Public Health

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Objectives: This study sought to understand how people living with HIV experience, perceive, and navigate stigma in their everyday life and in care settings in an urban French-speaking area in Switzerland.Methods: Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 19 people living with HIV in Lausanne concerning their experience of HIV-related stigma in both everyday life and in healthcare settings. Content analysis was performed to identify main and sub-themes.Results: “Living with HIV” posed little or no difficulty for participants. However, the burden of anticipated and internalized HIV-related stigma played a disproportionately large role in their lives. Participants considered the general population’s low level of knowledge about HIV as problematic in this regard. While participants reported few examples of enacted stigma generally, healthcare environments were sometimes experienced as sites of prejudice and discrimination. However, some healthcare professionals were also sources of information and knowledge, contributing to participants’ “journeys of self-acceptance.”Conclusion: Even in an urban environment in a country with ready access to healthcare and education, HIV-related stigma remains a concern for people living with HIV.

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What is the place of interpretation in text analysis? An example using ALCESTE® software

Cited by 4 publications

References 42 publications

‘Hunger happens elsewhere, here malnutrition results from lack of proper care’: Social representations of malnutrition and processes of Othering in the Nepalese press

‘Hunger happens elsewhere, here malnutrition results from lack of proper care’: Social representations of malnutrition and processes of Othering in the Nepalese press

‘One of the greatest injustices of our time’: The impact of social representations of modern slavery in the UK—A mixed methods approach

Navigating HIV-Related Stigma in Switzerland: A Qualitative Study

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