Comparer des méthodes

	Observation participante à distance	Ethnographie numérique
Domaine	Méthodologie d'enquête	Qualitatif
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	Late 1990s–2000s	Late 1990s – 2000s
Auteur d'origine	Christine Hine (virtual ethnography); Robert Kozinets (netnography)	Christine Hine (virtual ethnography); Robert V. Kozinets (netnography)
Type	Qualitative observational method	Qualitative research method
Source fondatrice	Hine, C. (2000). Virtual Ethnography. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761958963	Kozinets, R. V. (2010). Netnography: Doing Ethnographic Research Online. Sage. ISBN: 978-1847875228
Alias	virtual participant observation, online ethnography, digital participant observation, remote ethnographic observation	online ethnography, virtual ethnography, internet ethnography, netnography
Apparentées	6	6
Résumé	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.	Digital ethnography is a qualitative research method that adapts traditional ethnographic fieldwork to online and digitally mediated settings. Drawing on sustained participant observation, document collection, and sometimes interviews, the researcher immerses themselves in one or more digital communities — social media platforms, forums, gaming spaces, or messaging groups — to understand how culture, identity, and social practice are constructed through digital interaction. The approach recognises that online spaces are not merely reflections of offline life but distinctive sites of cultural production in their own right.