Methoden vergleichen

	Visuelle Evozierung Inhaltsanalyse	Thematische Analyse
Fachgebiet	Qualitativ	Qualitative Forschung
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	2002 (synthesis of photo elicitation with systematic content analysis)	2006
Urheber	Douglas Harper (photo elicitation); Klaus Krippendorff (content analysis framework)	Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke
Typ	Qualitative–interpretive hybrid method	Method
Wegweisende Quelle	Harper, D. (2002). Talking about pictures: A case for photo elicitation. Visual Studies, 17(1), 13–26.	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.
Aliasnamen	photo elicitation content analysis, image-elicited content analysis, visual stimulus content analysis, VECA	TA, Reflexive Thematic Analysis
Verwandt	4	3
Zusammenfassung	Visual elicitation content analysis combines the photograph or image-based interview technique known as photo elicitation with the systematic coding procedures of content analysis. Participants are shown selected visual stimuli — photographs, drawings, video stills, or researcher-produced images — and invited to respond verbally. Those verbal responses are then subjected to structured content analysis to identify recurring themes, categories, and patterns across participants, bridging the depth of elicited meaning with the rigor of systematic coding.	Thematic Analysis (TA) is a qualitative research methodology for identifying, analyzing, and reporting patterns (themes) in qualitative data. Developed systematically by Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke (2006), TA is flexible and accessible, applicable across diverse theoretical frameworks and data types, making it one of the most widely used qualitative methods in psychology, health research, and social sciences.