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profjonathanpotter.bsky.social
Off to Sweden (again!) with @alexahepburn.bsky.social to join Katerina Eriksson Barajas and colleagues in Linköping for two days teaching Discursive Psychology: data sessions, analysis, and lively discussion. Excited to reconnect with old friends and new ideas.
#discursivepsychology #EMCA
October 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
natshri.bsky.social
Top cited?! Ummm, hell yes! Co-authored with Dr. Rahul Sambaraju!! Check out our analysis of news media characterizations of Ukrainian refugees (doi.org/10.1111/bjso...) #emca #discursivepsychology #refugees #Ukraine
March 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
sjgknight.bsky.social
What do triangulation & (criterion?) validation mean to #DiscursivePsychology ..hmm... @jennacondie
January 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
cacenotes.bsky.social
As an #EMCA #DiscursivePsychology interested person, widowed (fairly) young, & as scientist doing some work on #Empathy, #EmpathyInInteraction, I have read and thought lots about sympathy / empathy distinctions
March 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
profjonathanpotter.bsky.social
I guess that this museum based research would fail one or both of these tests for being naturalistic. (Which does not mean it is not interesting).
#EMCA #discursivepsychology #conversationanalysis #socialinteraction #communication
September 7, 2024 at 3:01 PM
cacenotes.bsky.social
@LizStokoe introduces #DiscursivePsychologycursivePsychologyPanel" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#DiscursivePsychologyPanel as opportunity, in its birthplace, to understand the importance of DP to and for #EMCA analysts, and a chance to meet and talk with the #DiscursivePsychology progenitors
March 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
marcalexander.bsky.social
2/ See our latest article in @rolsi-journal.bsky.social

*How do callers describe their mental health concerns?
*How do call-takers establish caller 'vulnerability'?

@derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social

#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology #MentalHealth

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How Mental Health Establishes ‘Vulnerability’ as the Basis for Support from a Housing Helpline: Self-Descriptions and Diagnostic Categories
In the UK, there is a greater prospect of receiving housing support if one is considered ‘vulnerable’—that is, at unusual risk. However, there can be a disparity between applicant and provider in t...
www.tandfonline.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:43 PM
lizstokoe.bsky.social
3/3

There's lots of research on #EMCA #DiscursivePsychology re 'emotion' in human interaction which fundamentally challenges psychological (if not people's own displayed) understanding of it; e.g., @alexahepburn.bsky.social @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social #OA in Frontiers doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
screenshot of article: Understanding mixed emotions in organized helping through emotionography Introduction: Emotionography studies emotion: (a) as it occurs naturally in display, reception, attribution, and avowal; (b) within and across diverse stretches of interaction and varied institutional contexts; (c) grounded purposefully in the perspectives of the interactants as those perspectives are displayed in real-time through unfolding talk; (d) using materials that are recorded and transcribed in sufficient precision to capture the granularity consequential for the interactants. We overview contemporary research on “mixed emotion” highlighting theoretical and methodological issues and explore the potential of emotionography as a generative alternative. Methods: The analysis will use contemporary conversation analysis and discursive psychology to illuminate the workings of organized helping using a collection of recordings from a child protection helpline all of which include laughter alongside crying. Results: Analysis shows, on the one hand, how crying and upset display the caller's stance on the trouble being reported, and mark its action-relevant severity; on the other, how laughter manages ongoing parallel issues such as advice resistance. We show that the “mixture” is public and pragmatic, displaying different concerns and stances, and dealing with different issues; all is in the service of action. Discussion: When analyzing the specifics of interaction, the concept of “mixed emotion” loses clarity, and it is more accurate to observe competing pragmatic endeavors being pursued in an intricately coordinated fashion. These practices would not be captured by conventional emotion measurement tools such as scales, vignettes, or retrospective interviews. Broader implications for theories of emotion and methods of emotion research are discussed.
February 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
marcalexander.bsky.social
1/ Our new ROLSI article examines how mental health talk features in establishing the basis for 'vulnerability' in calls to a housing helpline. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social

#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
November 7, 2024 at 9:05 AM
lizstokoe.bsky.social
***Updated!***

I'll do updates once a week. Reply or DM to be added and keep sharing to grow our community on here!

Here's an #EMCA #conversation analysis #ethnomethodology #MembershipCategorizationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #StarterPack #AcademicSky

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November 15, 2024 at 10:45 PM
marcalexander.bsky.social
Excellent DP/CA Heriot-Watt representation at the BPS Social Psychology Section Conference this year! #EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
BPS Social Psychology Conference 2025 Discursive Psychology Panel 1. Authority Without the Lab Coat: A Discursive Analysis of the ‘Common Man Authority’ Condition in Milgram’s Obedience Studies (Rich Collins) 2. Using discursive social psychology to study postgraduate research student assessment: Navigating the opening of a viva voce examination (Stephen Gibson) 3. “Sounds like a really scary time for you”: Using discursive social psychology to investigate interactional transitions in helpline calls about suicide (Marc Alexander) 4. System Justification in Action: Discursive & Rhetorical Constructions of the Status Quo in Parliamentary Debates Concerning Brexit (Alex Hunt)
June 11, 2025 at 6:29 AM
marcalexander.bsky.social
We are excited to announce an interaction-based open science sandpit event!

Insights from ongoing discourse analysis and experimental research

Experimental researchers' experiences of the project.

Open discussions on future funding opportunities for researchers.

#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
May 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
lizstokoe.bsky.social
**Updated #EMCA Starter Pack**

We're almost at the 150 max and therefore onto a second! Please repost to keep building our 🦋 community.

If you're a #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology researcher and want to be added (or removed!), reply below.

go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX
December 18, 2024 at 3:15 PM
sjgknight.bsky.social
Potter, Cognition as Context (Whose Cognition?#psychology #discursivepsychology

researchgate.net/profile/Jonath…
January 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
natshri.bsky.social
What a fun ICA! Here's me presenting a paper on how people engage in political polarization through categorization practices, online, particularly in the context of Indian politics (co-authored with Rahul Sambaraju) #emca #mca #discursivepsychology #lsi
@ica-lsi.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
lizstokoe.bsky.social
"Chocolate and Friends"

With lovely friend (now Linköping University) @profsalwiggins.bsky.social in #Stockholm talking #EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
May 13, 2024 at 8:05 PM
lizstokoe.bsky.social
**SECOND #EMCA Starter Pack!**

The 1st is full: go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX so the 2nd is linked below. If you're a #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology researcher and want to be added (or removed!), reply below.

Repost to keep building our community!

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March 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
lizstokoe.bsky.social
Brilliant to see the work of DARG (the Discourse and Rhetoric Group at Loughborough University) - soon approaching *40* years of weekly (Wednesday at 1pm) #EMCA #DiscursivePsychology #Discourse #Rhetoric data sessions and discussions - receive this award ❤️💬🔍
Photo of a powerpoint display announcing the award for The Discourse and Rhetoric Group Facilitators Photo of a certificate for DARG facilitators winning a Loughborough University PhD award
September 6, 2024 at 9:11 AM
lizstokoe.bsky.social
It's wonderful that DARG [Discourse And Rhetoric Group] is recognized for its pioneering, transformative, serious, warm, inclusive #DiscursivePsychology #EMCA research environment for scholars at all career stages, from around the 🌍, sustained for ~40 years (in 2027!) 💬🔍❤️

@darg-sessions.bsky.social
Photo of a Vice-Chancellor's awards certificate for international reputation
September 13, 2024 at 4:31 PM
lizstokoe.bsky.social
A @lborouniversity.bsky.social @darg-sessions.bsky.social #sunset reunion in #Loughborough at the Beacon with @alexahepburn.bsky.social @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social @derekedwards.bsky.social and a very friendly robin. That first photo is definitely #DiscursivePsychology the album cover #EMCA ❤️❄️
On top of snowy beacon hill with the sunset behind, Jonathan Potter, Alexa Hepburn, and Derek Edwards in silhouette Puffed up Robin on snowy ground Robin flying off a snowy rock On top of snowy beacon hill with icy skies behind, Jonathan Potter, Alexa Hepburn, and Derek Edwards and Liz Stokoe
November 22, 2024 at 7:14 AM
lizstokoe.bsky.social
***Friday update!***

We're now at 99 #EMCA #ConversationAnalysis #Ethnomethodology #DiscursivePsychology folks on the Starter Pack - who'll be #100?

Included in recently added: @lansi2024.bsky.social @jamiearathoon.bsky.social @silviakappa.bsky.social @hjbelz.bsky.social @maicbay.bsky.social
lizstokoe.bsky.social Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · Sep 24
Here's an #EMCA #conversation analysis and #ethnomethodology #StarterPack #AcademicSky

Please RT and QT and add more to grow our community on here! 🦋

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November 22, 2024 at 4:38 PM
marcalexander.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone who attended @darg-sessions.bsky.social today for your insightful comments on my mental health helpline data.

#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
November 27, 2024 at 2:52 PM
drsimonstewart.bsky.social
Today's highlight will be my guided data session with my undergraduate students where we will be taking a look at a sports interview with a young genius Williams featuring a fatherly intervention. #DiscursivePsychology
November 20, 2024 at 9:04 AM