Social representations of students on the crisis. What solutions can offer the pupils facing economic problems?

Abstract

In the following article are reported the results of a research on social representations about the economic crisis of adolescents in between 16-18 years old. The two studied groups attend the same school and come from similar socioeconomic contexts; however one of the two groups courses the subjects of Contemporary History and Economics (Group A), and the other group doesn’t (Group B). The information is collected through a written questionnaire about current news and a discussion group that deals with the subject. The results show the influence of the media on the responses of both groups and a greater feasibility of the solutions proposed by the students of Economics and History