1) Conversation Analysis:
Conversational analysis begins by setting up a researchers problem. The data collected for CA is in the form of video or audio recorded conversations. The data is collected with or without researchers’ involvement, often simply by adding a video camera to the room where the conversation takes place. From the audio or video recording the researchers construct a detailed transcription (ideally with no details left out). After transcription, the researchers perform inductive data-driven analysis aiming to find recurring patterns of interaction. Based on the analysis, the researchers develop a rule or model to explain the occurrence of the patterns.
- Action: Organization of actions distinct from outside of a conversation. This could include openings and closings of conversations, assessments, storytelling, and complaints.
- Structure: All human social action is structured and has rules. In order to participate in a conversation the participants must abide by these rules and structures to be an active participant
- Intersubjectivity: Concerning the ways in which the participants’ intentions, knowledge, relations, and stances towards the talked-about objects is created, maintained, and negotiated.