"Denise N. Rall" wrote:

I am wondering (not my area) if there is a body of analysis on chat using CA techniques. . . .

To the list that was provided earlier I would add the following. Some are not strictly CA, but are close qualitiative analysis of talk. The ones that identify themselves as using some version of CA I have marked with an asterisk: Bechar-Israeli, H. (1995). From (Bonehead) to (cLoNehEAd): Nicknames, play and identity on Internet relay chat. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 1(2). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol1/issue2/bechar.html Danet, B., Ruedenberg-Wright, L., & Rosenbaum-Tamari, Y. (1997). "HMMM...WHERE'S THAT SMOKE COMING FROM?" Writing, play and performance on Internet Relay Chat. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 2(4). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol2/issue4/danet.html Herring, S. C. (1999). Interactional coherence in CMC. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 4(4). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol4/issue4/herring.html Marvin, L. E. (1995). Spoof, spam, lurk and lag: The aesthetics of text-based virtual realities. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 1(2). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol1/issue2/marvin.html * Rintel, E.S., Pittam, J., & Mulholland, J. 2003. Time will tell: Ambiguous non-responses on Internet Relay Chat. The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronique de Communication, 13, (1) <http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/v13n1.htm> * Rintel, E.S., Mulholland, J., & Pittam, J. 2001. First things first: Internet Relay Chat openings. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 6, (3). <http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol6/issue3/> Rodino, M. (1997). Breaking out of binaries: Reconceptualizing gender and its relationship to language in computer-mediated communication. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 3(3). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol3/issue3/rodino.html * Vallis, Rhyll (1999) ‘Members' methods for entering and leaving #IRCbar: a conversation analytic study of internet relay chat’. In: K. Chalmers, S. Bogitini and P. Renshaw (eds), Educational Research in New Times. Flaxton: PostPressed, 117-27 * Vallis, Rhyll (2001) ‘Applying membership categorization analysis to chat-room talk’. In: A. McHoul and M. Rapley (eds), How to Analyse Talk in Institutional Settings: A Casebook of Methods. London: Continuum, 86-99 Until anon, Sean -- Sean Rintel Department of Communication University at Albany, State University of New York Albany, NY, 12222 http://www.albany.edu/~er8430