group and organizational concepts
type: Concept
narrower: membership categorization analysis

social-interactional orientations
type: Concept
narrower: membership categorization analysis

information, media, and communication technology
type: Concept
narrower: membership categorization analysis

cultural orientations
type: Concept
narrower: membership categorization analysis

methods
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: membership categorization analysis

membership categorization analysis
type: Concept
definition: Membership categorization analysis (MCA) is a tradition of qualitative empirical research focused on the understanding of membership categories as they are used by people in talk and social interaction as well as in texts and other media of communication. Membership categories refer to identities, and MCA is focused on the study of identities as they are achieved or contested, organized, and understood within the practical contexts of social interaction and language use. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Membership Categorization Analysis (MCA)]
broader: social-interactional orientations
broader: information, media, and communication technology
broader: group and organizational concepts
broader: cultural orientations