When the "other" runs in front of the bull: a membership categorization analysis of a television news story

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 (1) to understand the logic of practical reasoning and intelligibility involved in...

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Autores: Roca Cuberes, Carles, 1969-, Ventura, Rafael
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/33268
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/33268
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Palabra clave:Television news story
Identity
Media
Membership categorization analysis
Otherness
Storytelling
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spelling When the "other" runs in front of the bull: a membership categorization analysis of a television news storyRoca Cuberes, Carles, 1969-Ventura, RafaelTelevision news storyIdentityMediaMembership categorization analysisOthernessStorytellingThis 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 (1) to understand the logic of practical reasoning and intelligibility involved in the production of the news story; (2) 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 (3) 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.This work was supported by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación) for the research project ‘Analysis of Audiovisual Narratives on Civilizations and Cultures. Representations and interpretations of television news narratives’ [grant number CSO2011-23786].De Gruyter201720172016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/33268http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/text-2016-0024reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésText & talk. 2016;36(5):[35 p.]info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/CSO2011-23786© De Gruyter Published version available at https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/text.2016.36.issue-5/text-2016-0024/text-2016-0024.xml http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/text-2016-0024info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/332682026-06-12T07:21:37Z
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title When the "other" runs in front of the bull: a membership categorization analysis of a television news story
spellingShingle When the "other" runs in front of the bull: a membership categorization analysis of a television news story
Roca Cuberes, Carles, 1969-
Television news story
Identity
Media
Membership categorization analysis
Otherness
Storytelling
title_short When the "other" runs in front of the bull: a membership categorization analysis of a television news story
title_full When the "other" runs in front of the bull: a membership categorization analysis of a television news story
title_fullStr When the "other" runs in front of the bull: a membership categorization analysis of a television news story
title_full_unstemmed When the "other" runs in front of the bull: a membership categorization analysis of a television news story
title_sort When the "other" runs in front of the bull: a membership categorization analysis of a television news story
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Roca Cuberes, Carles, 1969-
Ventura, Rafael
author Roca Cuberes, Carles, 1969-
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Ventura, Rafael
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Television news story
Identity
Media
Membership categorization analysis
Otherness
Storytelling
topic Television news story
Identity
Media
Membership categorization analysis
Otherness
Storytelling
description 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 (1) to understand the logic of practical reasoning and intelligibility involved in the production of the news story; (2) 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 (3) 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.
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