השוואת שיטות

	מחקר מקרה בוחן דיגיטלי	ניתוח מסמכים
תחום	איכותני	מחקר איכותני
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	2000s–2010s (building on Yin's 1984 foundational case study framework)	1920
הוגה השיטה	Robert K. Yin (case study foundations); extended to digital contexts by multiple scholars in the 2000s–2010s	Max Weber and Karl Mannheim
סוג	Qualitative research design	Method
מקור מכונן	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169	Scott, J. (1990). A Matter of Record: Documentary Sources in Social Research. Polity Press. ISBN: 978-0745608419
כינויים	online case study, virtual case study, internet-based case study, digital ethnographic case study	documentary analysis, textual analysis, content analysis of documents, archival research
קשורות	6	4
תקציר	Digital case study research applies the classic bounded case study framework to phenomena that are situated in, or mediated by, digital environments. Drawing on Robert Yin's foundational case study methodology, it investigates a contemporary phenomenon in depth within its real-world digital context — using online documents, social media archives, virtual interviews, website content, and other digital artifacts as primary evidence. The approach is particularly suited to studying how individuals, groups, or organisations behave in online spaces.	Document analysis is a systematic qualitative research method for examining written, visual, or audiovisual sources—such as policy documents, historical records, organizational records, media reports, emails, social media posts, photographs, or videos—to extract meaning, identify patterns, and understand social phenomena. Developed by Weber and Mannheim in early 20th-century sociology, the method bridges historical research, content analysis, and textual interpretation. Document analysis is used across disciplines to understand organizational change, policy evolution, media representation, historical events, and cultural meaning. Documents provide evidence of what organizations, institutions, or societies value, decide, and communicate, often revealing contradictions between policy and practice.