title: Context variations and pluri-methodological issues concerning the expression of a social representation: the example of the Gypsy community.
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, η p 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.
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université (France).
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piermattéo
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université (France).
authors.forename: Grégory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lo Monaco
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université (France).
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université (France).
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Girandola
authors.affiliation: Université Paris Descartes (France).
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Tavani
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D002792:Cholestyramine Resin; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011593:Psychology, Social / Q000379:methods*; D035844:Researcher-Subject Relations; D006178:Romani People / Q000523:psychology*; D012660:Semantics; D012919:Social Behavior; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D002792:Cholestyramine Resin