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The use of the political categories of Brexiter and Remainer in online comments about the EU referendum (2019)
Journal Article
Meredith, J., & Richardson, E. (2019). The use of the political categories of Brexiter and Remainer in online comments about the EU referendum. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 29(1), 43-55. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2384

In June 2016, the UK held a referendum on EU membership; 52% of those who voted, voted to leave, and 48% voted to remain. During the referendum campaign two identities emerged: ‘Brexiter’ and ‘Remainer’, which remained salient post-referendum. This s... Read More about The use of the political categories of Brexiter and Remainer in online comments about the EU referendum.

“Thanks for letting us all share your mammogram experience virtually” : developing an online hub for cancer screening (2017)
Journal Article
Galpin, A., Meredith, J., Ure, C., & Robinson, L. (2017). “Thanks for letting us all share your mammogram experience virtually” : developing an online hub for cancer screening. JMIR Cancer, 3(2), e17. https://doi.org/10.2196/cancer.8150

Background: The decision around whether to attend breast screening can often involve making sense of confusing and contradictory information on risks and benefits. The Word of Mouth Mammogram e-Network (WoMMeN) project was established to create an... Read More about “Thanks for letting us all share your mammogram experience virtually” : developing an online hub for cancer screening.

Analysing technological affordances of online interactions using conversation analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Meredith, J. (2017). Analysing technological affordances of online interactions using conversation analysis. Journal of Pragmatics, 115, 42-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2017.03.001

The use of conversation analysis (CA) as a method for analysing the interactional practices of online communication has been growing in recent years (Giles et al., 2015). A key challenge for analysing online communication is the varied platforms thro... Read More about Analysing technological affordances of online interactions using conversation analysis.

I dig therefore we are : community archaeology, place-based social identity, and intergroup relations within local communities (2017)
Journal Article
Coen, S., Meredith, J., & Condie, J. (2017). I dig therefore we are : community archaeology, place-based social identity, and intergroup relations within local communities. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 27(3), 212-225. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2299

Community involvement in archaeological digs aims to reconnect people with the history and heritage of where they live. This paper applies social psychological theories to understand how community archaeological projects create opportunities for plac... Read More about I dig therefore we are : community archaeology, place-based social identity, and intergroup relations within local communities.

Transcribing screen-capture data : the process of developing a transcription system for multi-modal text-based data (2015)
Journal Article
Meredith, J. (2015). Transcribing screen-capture data : the process of developing a transcription system for multi-modal text-based data. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 19(6), 663-676. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2015.1082291

Transcription of audio data is widespread in qualitative research, with transcription of video data also becoming common. Online data is now being collected using screen-capture or video software, which then needs transcribing. This paper draws toget... Read More about Transcribing screen-capture data : the process of developing a transcription system for multi-modal text-based data.

Conversation analysis and electronic interactions : methodological, analytic and technical considerations (2014)
Book Chapter
Meredith, J., & Potter, J. (2014). Conversation analysis and electronic interactions : methodological, analytic and technical considerations. In H. Lim, & F. Sudweeks (Eds.), Innovative Methods and Technologies for Electronic Discourse Analysis (370-391). Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4426-7.ch017

This chapter proposes that, as a method which has engaged with interaction in other contexts, conversation analysis (CA) should be used to analyze electronic interactions. The adoption of CA leads to a number of methodological pointers and this chapt... Read More about Conversation analysis and electronic interactions : methodological, analytic and technical considerations.

Repair : comparing Facebook 'chat' with spoken interaction (2013)
Journal Article
Meredith, J., & Stokoe, E. (2014). Repair : comparing Facebook 'chat' with spoken interaction. Discourse and Communication, 8(2), 181-207. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750481313510815

Previous research on the conversation analytic phenomenon of ‘repair’ has focused on its design and function in spoken interaction. Conversely, research on written text or writing rarely focuses on interaction. In this article, we examine repair in w... Read More about Repair : comparing Facebook 'chat' with spoken interaction.

“I kind of had an avatar switch” : the role of the self in engagement with an interactive TV drama
Presentation / Conference
engagement with an interactive TV drama. Presented at TVX 2016: the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video, Chicago, United States

This paper reports results from a study which examined viewers’ cognitive and affective responses to an interactive TV drama. Ten participants were videoed interacting with ‘Our World War’ [1], and then interviewed about their experience using th... Read More about “I kind of had an avatar switch” : the role of the self in engagement with an interactive TV drama.