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Membership categorization, culture and norms in action

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY, UK, housleyw{at}cardiff.ac.uk

Richard Fitzgerald

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, r.fitzgerald{at}uq.edu.au

In this article, we examine the extent to which membership categorization analysis (MCA) can inform an understanding of reasoning within the public domain where morality, policy and cultural politics are visible (Smith and Tatalovich, 2003). Through the examination of three examples, we demonstrate how specific types of category device(s) are a ubiquitous feature of accountable practice in the public domain where morality matters and public policy intersect. Furthermore, we argue that MCA provides a method for analysing the mundane mechanics associated with everyday cultural politics and democratic accountability assembled and presented within news media and broadcast settings.

Key Words: categorization sequence • membership categorization analysis • mundane morality • norms-in-action • politics

Discourse & Society, Vol. 20, No. 3, 345-362 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0957926509102405


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