Сравнение на методи

	Мобилни полеви бележки	Неучастващо наблюдение
Област	Методология на проучванията	Методология на проучванията
Семейство	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Година на възникване	2000s–2010s (digital turn in ethnography)	Formalized mid-20th century (Gold 1958); practice dates to late 19th-century social surveys
Създател	Emergent from digital ethnography practice; theorised notably by Sarah Pink and colleagues	Raymond Gold (role typology); earlier roots in social survey movement and Chicago School sociology
Тип	Qualitative data collection technique	Qualitative / quantitative observational data collection
Основополагащ източник	Pink, S., Horst, H., Postill, J., Hjorth, L., Lewis, T., & Tacchi, J. (2016). Digital Ethnography: Principles and Practice. Sage. ISBN: 978-1446287972	Gold, R. L. (1958). Roles in sociological field observations. Social Forces, 36(3), 217–223.
Други названия	digital field notes, smartphone field notes, mobile ethnographic notes, in-situ digital notes	detached observation, systematic observation, structured field observation, external observation
Свързани	6	5
Резюме	Mobile Field Notes is a data collection technique in which researchers use smartphones, tablets, or wearable devices to record observations, reflections, photographs, audio, or video in real time during fieldwork. By capturing data at the moment and place of occurrence, the method reduces recall bias and enables richer, contextually anchored documentation compared with traditional pen-and-paper notes written retrospectively.	Non-participant observation is a data-collection method in which the researcher observes behavior, interactions, or events in a natural or structured setting without joining or influencing the activity under study. The observer maintains a deliberate distance from participants to minimize their own effect on the phenomena being recorded, producing field notes, behavioral tallies, or recordings that reflect naturally occurring behavior rather than behavior shaped by researcher involvement.