Advances in Membership Categorisation Analysis

About

Richard Fitzgerald is Professor of Communication at the University of Macau China (SAR). Before joining the University of Macau in 2014 he has held posts at Cardiff University and the University of Queensland. He has researched and written extensively on broadcast and digital media and methods of qualitative Discourse Analysis. His recent major publications include Advances in Membership Categorization Analysis (2015 Sage) co-edited with William Housley and On Sacks. Methodology Materials and Inspirations (2021 Routledge) co-edited with Robin Smith and William Housley. He is a former Editor in Chief of Discourse Context and Media where he remains an Honorary Member of the Editorial Board and is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences University of Macau. William Housley PhD DSc.Econ. FAcSS is Professor of Sociology at Cardiff University. He is an internationally recognised expert in qualitative and social research methods sociological theory the study of practical reason science and technology studies ethnomethodology membership categorization analysis social interaction and digital sociology. His contribution to Sociology was confirmed through the award of a DSc Econ. by Cardiff University in 2012 for his internationally recognized work in the field of interaction communication and social organization. He has served as an editor of Qualitative Research (SAGE) and the editorial board of Big Data and Society (SAGE). Professor Housley was awarded the prestigious Vincent Wright Chair at Sciences Po Paris for 2017. He has published numerous papers and books including Society in the Digital Age: An Interactionist Perspective (2021 SAGE).