Images and Society

After completing the course, students will be familiar with the central concepts and theories of societal social psychology. They will be able to identify research topics and questions relevant to the study of everyday thinking and images. Students will understand how everyday thinking and images are connected to history and society, as well as the fundamental formative processes of everyday thinking on the individual, group and community levels. Students will learn and be trained in such academic basic skills such as good oral and written expression and good argumentation.

Pirttilä-Backman, A-M. & Ahola, S. (2016) Henkilökohtaiset tietokäsitykset ja yhteiset arkiteoriat. Teoksessa Kallio, E. (toim.). Ajattelun kehitys aikuisuudessa. Jyväskylä: Suomen kasvatustieteellinen seura, s. 135–153 (Kasvatusalan tutkimuksia; nro 71)

Sakki, I., Menard. R., Pirttilä-Backman, A-M (2017). Sosiaaliset representaatiot: yhteisön ja mielen välinen silta. Teoksessa Gronow, A. et al. (toim.) Mielen sosiaalisuus. s. 104-129. Gaudeamus.

Sakki, I., Mäkiniemi, J-P., Hakoköngäs, E. & Pirttilä-Backman, A-M. (2014) Miten tutkia sosiaalisia representaatioita? Julkaisussa: Sosiaalilääketieteellinen aikakauslehti, 51, 4, s. 317–329.

Teoksesta Sammut, G., Andreouli, E., Gaskell, G. & Valsiner, J. (Toim.) (2015). The Cambridge Handbook of Social Representations. Luvut:

1. Lopes, C., Gaskell, G. Social representations and societal psychology
2. Arruda, A. Image, social imaginary and social representations
3. Wagoner, B. Collective remembering as a process of social representation
4. Andreouli, E. & Chryssochoou, X. Social representations of national identity in culturally diverse societies

Supplementary literature will be announced during teaching.

Target group

If the course is given more than once during the academic year, some of the options can be limited to students of the Bachelor’s Programme in Social Research. In such cases, the target groups will be specified in the annual teaching programme.

Time

Fourth period. The timing of other possible options will be determined in the teaching programme.

For degree students in the Bachelor’s Programme in Social Research, the recommended time of completion is the second year of studies.

Implementation

Course completion methods: Class attendance