This paper uses a multi‐methods approach to explore the social psychological construction of stigma towards the unemployed. Study 1a uses thematic analysis to explore frames used by political elites in speeches at U.K. national party conferences between 1996 and 2016 (n = 43); in study 1b, we track the usage of these frames in six national newspapers (n = 167,723 articles) over the same period showing an increase in the use of negative frames. Study 1c shows that these are associated with national attitudes towards welfare recipients using the British Social Attitude Survey. We find the ‘Othering’ frame is correlated with negative attitudes towards the unemployed, even when controlling for the unemployment rate. This finding supports the claim that social attitudes are related to frames produced in the political and media spheres. We provide theoretical integration between social representations theory and framing which affords development in both domains.

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失业者的精英污名化：框架与公众态度之间的联系

本文采用多种方法来探讨对失业者的耻辱的社会心理建构。研究1a使用主题分析来探索政治精英在1996年至2016年间在英国全国党代会上的演讲中使用的框架（n  = 43）；在研究1b中，我们跟踪了六家国家报纸（n = 167,723条）在同一时期内显示出负框架的使用有所增加。研究1c显示，这些与使用英国社会态度调查得出的国家对福利接受者的态度有关。我们发现“其他”框架与对失业者的消极态度相关，即使在控制失业率时也是如此。这一发现支持了这样一种说法，即社会态度与政治和媒体领域产生的框架有关。我们提供了社会表征理论和框架之间的理论整合，从而在这两个领域都提供了发展。