Media Studies Ethnomethodological Approaches

by Jalbert, Paul L.; Bjelic, Dusan; Bogen, David; Coleman, Wil; Eglin, Peter; Fitzgerald, Richard; Francis, Dave; Hester, Stephen; Lynch, Michael; Marr, Liz; Macbeth, Douglas; Randall, Dave; Sharrock, Wes; Stetson, Jeff

• ISBN13: 9780761812876
• ISBN10: 0761812873
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-02-04
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Media Studies presents the first collection of studies of mass media texts of various genres from an ethnomethodological point of view.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Contributors
Preface
Seeking and Finding Society in the Text	p. 1
Critique and Analysis in Media Studies: Media Criticism as Practical Action	p. 31
The Struggle Between Testimony and Evidence at the Iran-Contra Hearings	p. 53
Victim, Offender and Witness in the Emplotment of News Stories	p. 77
"The Soccer Game" as Journalistic Work: Managing the Production of Stories about a Football Club	p. 111
Glances, Trances, and Their Relevance for a Visual Sociology	p. 135
Category, Predicate and Contrast: Some Organizational Features in a Radio Talk Show	p. 171
Moral Order and the Montreal Massacre: A Story of Membership Categorization Analysis	p. 195
"Frenching" the "Real" and Praxeological Therapy: An Ethnomethodological Clarification of the New French Theory of the Media	p. 231
Transcription Conventions	p. 259
References	p. 261
Author Index	p. 277
Subject Index	p. 281
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