Abstract
This chapter discusses the use of membership categorisation analysis (MCA) to explore how transition between identity categories is discursively negotiated in 'expatriate blogs'. Whilst it is a central tenet of MCA that categories are locally occasioned as a members' resource, this research argues that due to the inherently chronological nature of blogging, categorial work in this context is also a cumulative accomplishment, which in turn needs to inform the way research approaches such data.
The chapter outlines how MCA can be adapted to explore transition in blogs, advocating a focus on categorial negotiation of 'category fit' and 'category change'. Subsequently, the challenges and possibilities of such an analysis are discussed. The chapter concludes by arguing for a view of membership categories as occasioned both locally and cumulatively.
The chapter outlines how MCA can be adapted to explore transition in blogs, advocating a focus on categorial negotiation of 'category fit' and 'category change'. Subsequently, the challenges and possibilities of such an analysis are discussed. The chapter concludes by arguing for a view of membership categories as occasioned both locally and cumulatively.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Analysing digital interaction |
| Editors | Joanne Meredith, David Giles, Wyke Stommel |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 65-86 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030649227 |
| Publication status | Published - 4 May 2021 |
Publication series
| Name | Palgrave Studies in Discursive Psychology |
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