Methoden vergleichen

	Digitale Konstruktivistische Grounded Theory	Digitale thematische Analyse
Fachgebiet	Qualitativ	Qualitativ
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	2000s–2010s	2006 (base method); digital application 2010s
Urheber	Kathy Charmaz (CGT); applied to digital contexts by qualitative internet researchers	Virginia Braun & Victoria Clarke (base method); extended to digital data contexts by qualitative digital researchers from the mid-2000s onward
Typ	Qualitative theory-building approach	Qualitative data analysis method
Wegweisende Quelle	Charmaz, K. (2006). Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide Through Qualitative Analysis. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761973539	Braun, V. & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.
Aliasnamen	Digital CGT, online constructivist grounded theory, digital-context CGT, constructivist GT with digital data	online thematic analysis, social media thematic analysis, digital TA, web-based thematic analysis
Verwandt	6	5
Zusammenfassung	Digital Constructivist Grounded Theory (Digital CGT) applies Kathy Charmaz's constructivist variant of grounded theory to data generated in digital environments — social media platforms, online communities, forums, digital interviews, and other internet-mediated spaces. It treats meaning as co-constructed between researcher and participant in digitally-mediated contexts, and generates theory grounded in how people make sense of experience through and within digital life.	Digital Thematic Analysis applies Braun and Clarke's six-phase thematic analysis framework to qualitative data generated in or harvested from digital environments — including social media platforms, online forums, blogs, digital interview transcripts, and user-generated web content. It retains the same systematic coding logic as standard thematic analysis while incorporating additional decisions about data demarcation, platform context, and the ethical handling of publicly available digital material.