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Publication details [#12553]
Cavicchiolo, Elisa. 2015. Students’ Images of Immigrants in Italy: First Results from a National Mixed Methods Study. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 205 : 163–167. 5 pp. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Amsterdam: Elsevier
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to analyse the social representations of immigrants given by a sample of young Italian students, departing from a qualitative content study of a group of metaphors. Through qualitative and quantitative analyses we conclude that the source domains of the metaphors used by the students suggest patters of attributes against a typical representation of immigrants as threat. Then metaphors can help to read social representations.