Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Focus Groups in Media Research	Narrative Analysis in Media
Πεδίο	Communication	Communication
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1996	2008
Δημιουργός	Focus-group tradition (Merton; systematized by Morgan)	Narrative theory (Labov; Fisher); methods synthesized by Riessman
Τύπος	Moderated group discussion to elicit audience meanings and responses	Interpretive analysis of how media tell stories and construct meaning
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Morgan, D. L. (1996). Focus groups. Annual Review of Sociology, 22, 129–152.	Riessman, C. K. (2008). Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN: 9780761929987
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Media focus groups, Audience focus group method, Group interview for media research, Medya Araştırmalarında Odak Grupları	Media narrative analysis, Narrative criticism of media, Storytelling analysis in media, Medyada Anlatı Analizi
Συναφείς	4	4
Σύνοψη	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.	Narrative analysis examines how media tell stories — how events are selected, ordered, and given meaning through plot, character, and perspective. Drawing on narrative theory and the methodological syntheses of scholars like Catherine Riessman, it treats storytelling as a fundamental way humans organize experience and persuade, and it interprets the structure, content, and performance of media narratives.