Comparer des méthodes

	Observation à distance non participante	Observation participante à distance
Domaine	Méthodologie d'enquête	Méthodologie d'enquête
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1990s–2000s (digital/virtual adaptation)	Late 1990s–2000s
Auteur d'origine	Adapted from classical non-participant observation; remote digital application developed through internet research methodology (Hine, Mann, Stewart, and others, 1990s–2000s)	Christine Hine (virtual ethnography); Robert Kozinets (netnography)
Type	Qualitative data collection technique	Qualitative observational method
Source fondatrice	Salmons, J. (2015). Qualitative Online Interviews: Strategies, Design, and Skills (2nd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483332093	Hine, C. (2000). Virtual Ethnography. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761958963
Alias	remote unobtrusive observation, virtual non-participant observation, online non-participant observation, digital observer-only observation	virtual participant observation, online ethnography, digital participant observation, remote ethnographic observation
Apparentées	5	6
Résumé	Remote non-participant observation is a qualitative data collection technique in which the researcher observes naturally occurring behavior, interaction, or activity from a distance — via video conferencing platforms, live-streamed sessions, online communities, or recorded media — without joining or influencing the setting. The researcher maintains a purely observer role throughout, recording field notes without actively participating in the observed context.	Remote Participant Observation is a qualitative data collection method in which the researcher joins and participates in an online or digitally mediated social setting — such as a video-based community, online forum, virtual world, or remote work environment — to observe and record social interactions, practices, and meanings as they occur naturally, without requiring physical co-presence.