Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Media-Use Diary Method	Focus Groups in Media Research
Πεδίο	Communication	Communication
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2003	1996
Δημιουργός	Diary-methods tradition (Bolger, Davis & Rafaeli)	Focus-group tradition (Merton; systematized by Morgan)
Τύπος	Self-report data collection of media use in natural settings over time	Moderated group discussion to elicit audience meanings and responses
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Bolger, N., Davis, A., & Rafaeli, E. (2003). Diary methods: Capturing life as it is lived. Annual Review of Psychology, 54, 579–616.	Morgan, D. L. (1996). Focus groups. Annual Review of Sociology, 22, 129–152.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Media diary method, Media-use diary study, Daily media diary, Medya Kullanım Günlüğü Yöntemi	Media focus groups, Audience focus group method, Group interview for media research, Medya Araştırmalarında Odak Grupları
Συναφείς	4	4
Σύνοψη	The media-use diary method has participants record their media use repeatedly over days or weeks, close to when it happens, capturing everyday media behavior in its natural context with minimal retrospective bias. It yields intensive longitudinal data that reveal how media use varies within individuals across time and situations, not just averaged across people.	A focus group is a moderated discussion among a small group of participants, used in media research to explore how audiences interpret, talk about, and respond to media content. Its distinctive value lies in the group interaction itself: participants build on, challenge, and refine one another's views, surfacing shared meanings and contested interpretations that individual interviews or surveys would not reveal.