When the “other” runs in front of the bull
A membership categorization analysis of a television news story
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9367679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Roca-Cuberes (0000-0002-3604-8722, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, corresponding author), Rafael Ventura (0000-0002-1219-9956, Universitat Pompeu Fabra) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 565-588 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Text and Talk (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1860-7330 • E-ISSN: 1860-7349 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/text-2016-0024 |
| OpenAlex | W2507229498 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 18 |
This article analyzes a television news story using a particular example. In line with the research tradition of the ethnomethodological approach of membership categorization analysis, our main analytical concerns are (i) to understand the logic of practical reasoning and intelligibility involved in the production of the news story; (ii) to examine how this intelligibility is generated and what resources – such as commonsense knowledge of the social structures – are used to make the news story communicable; and (iii) to explore how specific forms of categorization employed in the news story are used to induce certain readings or to promote certain worldviews. The news story analyzed describes the progressive increase of foreign participants at the San Fermín running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. It also highlights the still minority participation by women at this massive event. The results of the analysis show that both “foreigners” and “women” are presented as being in the wrong place. Through association with their typical predicates, both “foreigners” and “women” are construed in the news story as the “other.” A final reflection is made on the concept of identity, which is understood as a situated accomplishment
Categorization · Discourse analysis · Epistemology · Ethnomethodology · Intelligibility (philosophy · Linguistics · Media studies · Situated · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Philippine History and Culture · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Artificial Intelligence
Categories in Text and Talk
An Invitation to Ethnomethodology
Advances in Membership Categorisation Analysis
Values and moral judgement
Conversation Analysis
Category Use in the Construction of Asylum Seekers
The equivocal text and the objective world
Innocent victims and evil-doers
Practices of truth
Membership categorization and professional insanity ascription
Moving forward with membership categorization analysis
Toward a socio-logic of the film text
A tutorial on membership categorization
Biasing the News
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |