Research Profile
Dr William Housley
Selected Publications
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Books
Digital Society: Theory, Method and Data (Housley, W. Edwards, A. Williams, M. and Burnap, P.), London, Sage (2015)
Advances in Membership Categorization Analysis (with Fitzgerald, R.), London, Sage (2014)
Media, Policy and Interaction (with Fitzgerald, R.) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2009
Contours of Culture: Complex Ethnography and the Ethnography of Complexity (with Paul Atkinson and Sara Delamont) Alta Mira Press, 2008
Interactionism, British Sociological Association, Millennial Series (with Paul Atkinson), London, Sage, 2003
Interaction in Multidisciplinary Teams, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2003
Language, Interaction and National Identity, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2002
Peer Reviewed Papers
Computational and Digital Sociology
Housley, W. Williams, M.L. Williams, M. and Edwards, A. (Eds.) (2013) Computational Social Science: Research Strategies, Design and Methods, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, Special Issue, Volume 16:2
Edwards, A., Housley, W., Sloan, L., Williams, M.L. and Williams, M. (2013) ‘Digital Social Research and the Sociological Imagination: Surrogacy, Augmentation and Re-orientation’, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, Computational Social Science: Research Strategies, Design and Methods, Housley, W. Williams, M.L. Williams, M. and Edwards, A. (Eds.) Special Issue, Volume 16:2
Williams, M.L. Edwards, A., Housley, W., Burnap, P., Rana, O., Avis, N., Morgan, J. and Sloan, L. (2013), ‘Policing Cyber-Neighbourhoods: Tension Monitoring and Social Media Networks’, Policing & Society (special issue)
Burnap, P., Rana, O., Avis, N., Williams, M., Housley, W., Edwards, A. (forthcoming), ‘Detecting Tension in Online Communities with Computational Twitter Analysis’, Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Ethnography, Theory Culture and Interpretive Analysis
Mundane Reason, Membership Categorization Practices and the Everyday Ontology of Space and Place in Interview Talk. Qualitative Research (forthcoming) Housley, W. and Smith R.J (2011)
Stripping Out the Social: Innovation and Reduction in Contemporary Qualitative Methods. Qualitative Researcher, Issue 13, Spring, Housley W. and Smith, R.J. (2011)
Innovation and Reduction in Contemporary Qualitative Methods: The Case of Conceptual Coupling, Activity-Type Pairs and Auto-Ethnography. Sociological Research Online, 15 (4) 9. Housley, W. and Smith, R.J. (2010)
Omni-Relevance, Interaction and Context, Australian Journal of Communication, Vol. 36(3:1-14), Fitzgerald, R. Housley, W. and Butler, C.(2009)
Interaction, Discourse and the Subject, Subjectivity, Issue 26, Housley, W. (2009)
Membership Categorization, Culture and Norms-in-Action, Discourse and Society, Vol. 20 (3), Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. (2009)
Beyond the discursive: the case of social organisation. A reply to Edwards, Hepburn and Potter, Qualitative Research, Vol. 9 (1), Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. 2009
Motives and Social Organisation: Sociological Amnesia, Psychological Description and the Analysis of Accounts, Qualitative Research Vol.8(2), Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. 2008
Interactionism, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, Elsevier, Housley, W. 2006
Identity, Categorisation and Sequential Organization, Discourse and Society, Volume 13(5), Fitzgerald, R. and Housley, W. 2002
The Reconsidered Model of Membership Categorisation Analysis,Qualitative Research, Vol.2(1), Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. 2002
Political Communication, Citizenship, Interaction and the Mediated Public Sphere
Media, policy and interaction: introduction, (with R. Fitzgerald) in Media, Policy and Interaction (Eds. Richard Fitzgerald and William Housley) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2009
Membership category work in policy debate, (with R. Fitzgerald) in Media, Policy and Interaction (Eds. Richard Fitzgerald and William Housley) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2009
Theorising the Democratic Gaze: Visitors' Experiences of the New Welsh Assembly, Sociology, Vo.42 (4), Housley, W. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008
Generating News: Agenda Setting in Radio Broadcast News. In Marcel Burger (ed.), L'analyse linguistique des discours des médias : théories, méthodes et enjeux. Entre sciences du langage et sciences de la communication et des médias, Québec, Nota Bene. Fitzgerald, R, Jaworski A. and Housley W. 2007
Talkback, Community and the Public Sphere, Media International Australia, Special Issue on Talkback Radio in Australia. No.122, Fitzgerald, R. and Housley, W. 2007
Categorisation, Interaction, Policy and Debate, Critical Discourse Studies, Vol. 2 (1), Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. 2007
Categorisation, Accounts and Motives: 'Letters-to-the-editor' and Devolution in Wales (with R.Fitzgerald) in Discourse, Identity and Devolution (Eds. Karyn Stapleton and John Wilson) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2006
Moral Discrepancy and Political Discourse: Accountability and the Allocation of Blame in a Political News Interview, Sociological Research Online, Volume 8(2), Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. 2003
The Moral Discrepancy Device and ‘fudging the issue’ in a Political Radio News Interview, Sociology, Vol.34(3), Housley, W. 2002
Categorisation, Discourse and Devolution (with R.Fitzgerald). In Language, Interaction and National Identity (Eds. Stephen Hester and William Housley) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2002
Ethnomethodology and National Identity (with S. Hester). In Language, Interaction and National Identity (Eds. Stephen Hester and William Housley) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2002
Categorization, Narrative and Devolution in Wales, Sociological Research Online, Volume 6(2), Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. 2001
Wales, Identity, Culture and Place
(Coal, Slate and Culture - Research Project Page)
(Art and Devolution in Wales: Perceptions and Expectations - Research Project Page)
Visions of Wales: Visual Artists and Cultural Futures, Cultural Sociology, Vol. 3 (1), Housley, W. 2009
Brand, Identity or Citizenship? The case of post-devolution Wales, Contemporary Wales, Volume 22, Housley, W, Smith, R. and Moles, K. 2009
Wales, Artists, Narrative and Devolution, Contemporary Wales, Volume 16, Housley, W. 2006
Wales, Identity and Cultural Modernisation, Contemporary Wales, Volume 15, Housley, W. 2006
Artists, Narrative, Wales and Devolution. In Discourse, Identity and Devolution (Eds.Karyn Stapleton and John Wilson) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2006
Cultural Modernisation and Art in Wales, Welsh Journal of Education, Volume 13(2), Housley, W. 2005
Team Work, Expertise and Professional Interaction
Telling the CAQDAS Code: Membership Categorization and the Accomplishment of 'Coding Rules' in Research Team Talk. Discourse Studies. 13 (5), Housley, W. and Smith R.J. 2011
Navigation, Interaction and Bridge Team Work, Sociological Review, Vol.54(2), Bailey, N. Belcher, P. and Housley, W. 2006
Interaction in the Community Pharmacy Setting. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice Vol. 9, John, N. and Housley, W. 2001
Conversation Analysis, Reflexive Practice and Practitioner Based Research, Ethnographic Studies, Nos.5. Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. 2000
Story, Narrative and Teamwork, The Sociological Review, Vol.48(3), Housley, W. 2000
Category Work and Knowledgeability within Multidisciplinary Team Meetings, TEXT, Vol.20(1), Housley, W. 2000
Role as an Interactional Device and Resource in Multidisciplinary Team Meetings, Sociological Research Online, Vol.4(3), Housley, W. 1999
Review Articles
Review Article: Global Complexity by John Urry. Time & Society, Vol. 12, No. 2-3, (2003)
Review Article: Doing Qualitative Research by David Silverman. Sociological Review. Vol.50:1 (with Latimer, J.) (2002)
Review Article: Hypercapitalism, New Media, Language and Social Perceptions by Phil Graham. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, Vol.3:3 (2007)
Review Article: Handbook of Symbolic Interactionism by Larry T. Reynolds and Nancy J. Herman-Kinney. Qualitative Research, Vol. 8:2 (2008)
Articles and Reports
The Spectacle of the Senedd (with Wahl-Jorgensen). Planed, July, 2006
Cultural Modernisation and Identity in Wales. Bevan Foundation Review.No.4, 2004
Art and Devolution in Wales: Perceptions and Expectations. British Academy, 2003
Working Papers
Paper 109: Omni-relevance and Interactional Context
Paper 84: Membership Categorisation Analysis, Sequences and Meeting Talk
Paper 83: Artists, Art Worlds and Studios: A Research Note from Wales
Paper 38: Art, Wales, Discourse and Devolution