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Studies in Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis 5 Media Studies: Ethnomethodological Approaches editor Paul L. Jalbert University of Connecticut University Press of America® Inc. International Institute Lanham • New York • Oxford for Ethnomethodology & Conversation Analysis Copyright© 1999 by International Institute for Ethnomethodology & Conversation Analysis University Press of America,® Inc. 4720 Boston Way Lanham, Maryland 20706 12 Hid's Copse Rd. Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9JJ All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America British Library Cataloging in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Media studies : ethnomethodological approaches I editor Paul L. Jalbert. p. em. (Studies in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis ; 5) Includes bibliographical references and index. l. Mass media-Methodology. I.· Jalbert, PaulL. II. Series : Studies in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis; no. 5. pg1.3.M389 1998 302.23'01-dc21 98-45628 CIP ISBN 0-7618-1286-5 (cloth: alk. ppr.) ISBN 0-7618-1287-3 (pbk: alk. ppr.) 8"' The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984 Studies in Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis is co-published by the International Institute for Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis & University Press of America, Inc. Editorial Board George Psathas, Chairman • Boston University Jorg R. Bergmann • UniversiUit Geissen Graham Button • Rank Xerox Europarc Jeff Coulter • Boston University Michael Lynch • Brunei University. James Heap • Ontario Institute for Studies in Education D. R. Watson • Manchester University Volumes in the Series 1. George Psathas (Ed.) Interaction Competence (1990) 2. E. C. Cuff Problems of Versions in Everyday Situations (1994) 3. Paul ten Have and George Psathas (Eds.) Situated Order: Studies in the Social Organization of Talk and Embodied Activities (1995) 4. Stephen Hester and Peter Eglin (Eds.) Culture in Action ( 1997) 5. PaulL. Jalbert (Ed.) Media Studies: Ethnomethodological Approaches ( 1998) for Nicole and Anna Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Contributors xi Preface XV 1 Seeking and Finding Society in the Text Wes Sharrock and Wil Coleman 1 2 Critique and Analysis in Media Studies: Media Criticism as Practical Action PaulL. Jalbert 31 3 The Struggle Between Testimony and Evidence at the Iran-Contra Hearings Michael Lynch and David Bogen 53 4 Victim, Offender and Witness in the Emplotment of News Stories Jeff Stetson 77 5 "The Soccer Game" as Journalistic Work: Managing the Production of Stories about a Football Club Liz Marr, Dave Francis and Dave Randall 111 vii 6 Glances, Trances, and Their Relevance for a Visual Sociology Douglas Macbeth 135 7 Category, Predicate and Contrast: Some Organizational Features in a Radio Talk Show Stephen Hester and Richard Fitzgerald 171 8 Moral Order and the Montreal Massacre: A Story of Membership Categorization Analysis Peter Eglin and Stephen Hester 195 9 "Frenching" the "Real" and Praxeological Therapy: An Ethnomethodological Clarification of the New French Theory of the Media Dusan Bjelic 231 Appendix: Transcription Conventions 259 References 261 Author Index 277 Subject Index 281 viii Acknowledgments With few exceptions, no one really accomplishes anything alone. It is with great pleasure that I take this opportunity to thank and express my gratitude to the many people who have made this project possible. While, for quite some time, it seemed that we would never get this collection "off the ground," we now witness, in our hands in the form of "the book," the fruit of our labor. First off, to all of the contributors, I want to tell you how much I value the expertise you demonstrated in your respective areas of analytical appli cation and the extraordinary care you all took in the preparation of your chapters, adhering to the highest standards of rigor in our craft. This anthology would not have been possible without the confidence and trust that my two long time mentors have had in me. They are George Psathas and Jeff Coulter. Thanks to both of you, respectively Senior Edi tor and Associate Editor of this series, for your enthusiastic support of this project. Your continued critical appraisal of my work and that of several of the contributors has always made our work better. · While all contributors are responsible for the final versions of our chap ters, the way they got to be so tidy and crisp was largely due to the impec cable attention to detail of Bja Fehr, who organized this collection. Her task was to compile and typeset this work; but she did much more than that. Her persistent commitment to excellence, from syntax and grammar to spelling and punctuation to analytical insights suggested to several of the authors, is found on every page of this book. Words cannot express my gratitude to you for your selfless contribution. ix Acknowledgments Many thanks also to Bill Husson and Dave Bates for their assistance in copy editing the volume, and in general lending support to this project; to Doug Macbeth, Dave Bates, Alan Zemel, and Bob Kerr for their help in sorting out the technical details required to produce the images in chapters 6 and 9; and to Ken Swain who lent his creative powers to the project by creating a cover befitting the analytical power of the pages in this volume. Thanks to Helen Hudson and Peter Cooper of University Press of America for their help with the details of production. I thank the Research Foundation of the University of Connecticut, which supported this project through a grant. Finally, I thank Mary Anne DeVeau, my life-long partner and best friend, for her untiring love and sustenance. Thank you for being my first and last critic. Paul L. Jalbert Fairfield, CT X Contributors Dusan Bjelic is a professor of Criminology at the University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine. He received his PhD in sociology from Boston University. His research interests are in science and in the practical culture of media. ( His book Galileo 's Pendulum and the Quest for Methodological Ascesis is forthcoming from SUNY Press. David Bogen is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Emerson College in Boston, MA. He received his MA and PhD from Boston University. He is the author (with Mike Lynch) of The Spectacle ofH istory: Speech, Text, and Memory at the Iran-Contra Hearings (1996), and Order without Rules: Critical Theory and the Logic of Conversation (forthcoming). His current research focuses on the relationship between ethnomethodology and technology design. Wil Coleman has taught at the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University. His central research interests lie in the philoso phy of social science and social theory, with particular focus on the topic of language. Peter Eglin received his BA from University College London and PhD from the University of British Columbia. Since 1976, he has taught at Wilfrid Laurier University where he is currently Associate Professor in Sociology. His ethnomethodological research concerns membership cate gorization in deviance construction. He also conducts critical inquiry into xi

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