השוואת שיטות

	ניתוח תוכן איכותני השוואתי	ניתוח שיח השוואתי
תחום	איכותני	איכותני
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1983 (Mayring's QCA foundation); comparative adaptations prominent from 2000s onward	1980s–1990s (established as comparative practice through the 1990s)
הוגה השיטה	Philipp Mayring (qualitative content analysis); comparative application developed across communication, policy, and social science research	Norman Fairclough; Ruth Wodak; Teun A. van Dijk
סוג	Qualitative research design and analysis strategy	Qualitative comparative research approach
מקור מכונן	Schreier, M. (2012). Qualitative Content Analysis in Practice. Sage. ISBN: 978-0857029201	Fairclough, N. (1995). Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Language. Longman. ISBN: 978-0582219526
כינויים	comparative QCA, cross-case qualitative content analysis, multi-context qualitative content analysis, comparative interpretive content analysis	CDA comparative, cross-context discourse analysis, comparative text analysis, multi-site discourse analysis
קשורות	4	5
תקציר	Comparative qualitative content analysis (comparative QCA) applies a systematic, category-driven reading of texts or documents across two or more cases, groups, time periods, or cultural contexts, with the explicit goal of identifying similarities, differences, and patterns that emerge from the comparison. It combines the interpretive rigour of qualitative content analysis with a structured comparative logic, making it valuable for cross-national policy research, media studies, and any inquiry that requires principled comparison of meaning across contexts.	Comparative discourse analysis examines how language constructs meaning, identity, and power by systematically contrasting texts or speech acts drawn from at least two distinct contexts, groups, time periods, or institutions. By holding analytical categories constant across cases, it reveals how discursive patterns diverge or converge, producing insights that single-context discourse analysis cannot generate.