Methoden vergleichen

	Digitale Grounded Theory	Konstruktivistische Grounded Theory
Fachgebiet	Qualitativ	Qualitativ
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	2000s–2010s (as digital data became mainstream in qualitative research)	2000s (Charmaz 2000–2006; classic GT roots 1967)
Urheber	Adapted from Glaser & Strauss (1967); digital application developed through the work of Murthy (2008) and others in online qualitative research	Kathy Charmaz (building on Glaser & Strauss, 1967)
Typ	Qualitative research design	Qualitative research method
Wegweisende Quelle	Murthy, D. (2008). Digital ethnography: An examination of the use of new technologies for social research. Sociology, 42(5), 837–855.	Charmaz, K. (2006). Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide Through Qualitative Analysis. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761973539
Aliasnamen	DGT, online grounded theory, internet-based grounded theory, grounded theory in digital contexts	CGT, constructivist GT, Charmaz grounded theory, interpretive grounded theory
Verwandt	6	6
Zusammenfassung	Digital Grounded Theory applies the systematic inductive logic of grounded theory to data gathered from digital and online environments — social media platforms, forums, blogs, comment sections, and other internet-mediated communication. Rather than simply using grounded theory on text that happens to come from digital sources, it involves adapting sampling, collection, and ethical procedures to the specific affordances and constraints of online data, while retaining the core commitment to theory generation grounded in empirical material.	Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) is a qualitative methodology developed by Kathy Charmaz that systematically builds mid-range theory from empirical data through iterative coding, memo-writing, and theoretical sampling. Unlike the original objectivist version by Glaser and Strauss, CGT treats both data and theory as co-constructed between researcher and participants, acknowledging the researcher's interpretive perspective as an integral part of the analytic process rather than a source of bias to be eliminated.