Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Ανάλυση Περιεχομένου	Ανάλυση Αφηγήματος	Θεματική Ανάλυση
Πεδίο	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι	Ποιοτική Έρευνα
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	Systematised through Krippendorff's methodology work; 4th edition 2018	1967 (foundational); 2008 (canonical handbook)	2006
Δημιουργός	Klaus Krippendorff (systematic formulation); roots in early 20th-century communications research	Catherine Kohler Riessman (seminal synthesis, 2008); roots in Labov & Waletzky (1967)	Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke
Τύπος	Qualitative / mixed-method research technique	Qualitative interpretive method	Method
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Krippendorff, K. (2018). Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology (4th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506395661	Riessman, C.K. (2008). Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences. Sage.	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	İçerik Analizi, systematic content coding, quantitative content analysis	narrative inquiry, life history analysis, biographical research, Anlatı Analizi (Narrative Analysis)	TA, Reflexive Thematic Analysis
Συναφείς	5	6	3
Σύνοψη	Content analysis is a systematic research technique for reducing text, visual, or media material into coded categories so that patterns can be counted, compared, and interpreted. Formalised by Klaus Krippendorff in his widely cited methodology textbook (latest edition 2018), the method sits at the boundary of qualitative and quantitative inquiry: it imposes structured, replicable coding on inherently meaning-laden material.	Narrative analysis is a qualitative research method, synthesised canonically by Catherine Kohler Riessman (2008), that examines how individuals storise their lived experiences and construct meaning through the telling. Drawing on life history, biographical, and narrative inquiry traditions, it treats the story itself — not just its content — as the unit of analysis, attending to temporal sequence, plot structure, and the social context in which a narrative is produced.	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.