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

dc.contributor.authorRoca-Cuberes, Carles
dc.contributor.authorVentura, Rafael
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-18T14:40:10Z
dc.date.available2024-11-18T14:40:10Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.updated2024-11-18T14:40:10Z
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis 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).
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1515/text-2016-0024
dc.identifier.idgrec034944
dc.identifier.issn1860-7330
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositori.udl.cat/handle/10459.1/466956
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherDe Gruyter
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//CSO2011-23786/ES/ANALISIS DE LOS RELATOS AUDIOVISUALES SOBRE CIVILIZACIONES Y CULTURAS. REPRESENTACIONES E INTERPRETACIONES DE LOS RELATOS INFORMATIVOS DE LA TELEVISION/
dc.relation.isformatofVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2016-0024
dc.relation.ispartofText & Talk, 2016, vol. 36, num. 5, p. 565-588
dc.rights(c) De Gruyter, 2016
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectTV news
dc.subjectMedia representation
dc.subjectGender Stereotypes
dc.titleWhen the 'other' runs in front of the bull: a membership categorization analysis of a television news story
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
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