Social representations of multiculturalism: A faceted analysis

This paper reports a study that examines how Australians are responding to the policy of multiculturalism. The aim of the study was to define differen t social representations of the policy. Multiple scalogram analysis (MSA) y ielded 3 facets of social representations of multiculturalism (active/passi ve, substantial/minimal, and threat/benefit). Using these facets, subjects were categorized into social representation groups. The results illustrate the methodological utility of using facet theory techniques to study social representations.