השוואת שיטות

	שיטת היסטוריה שבעל פה דיגיטלית	מחקר תולדות חיים
תחום	שיטות שדה	איכותני
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	2000s (digital variant of oral history established 1940s–1950s)	Early 20th century (Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920); systematised as interview method in the 1990s
הוגה השיטה	Oral History Association; Donald Ritchie; Alessandro Portelli (digital turn elaborated early 2000s)	William I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki (sociological tradition); Robert Atkinson (interview method)
סוג	Qualitative field research method	Qualitative research method
מקור מכונן	Ritchie, D. A. (2003). Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0195154344	Atkinson, R. (1998). The Life Story Interview. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761904496
כינויים	digital oral history, DOH, digital life history interview, digital recorded oral testimony	life history method, life-history interview, biographical research, personal narrative research
קשורות	5	6
תקציר	The digital oral history method is a qualitative research approach in which personal testimonies and lived experiences are elicited through recorded interviews, then preserved, managed, and disseminated using digital technologies. Building on the established oral history tradition, the digital variant leverages audio and video recording equipment, digital archiving platforms, and online dissemination channels to expand access, ensure long-term preservation, and enable richer multi-modal analysis of narrator accounts.	Life history research is a qualitative method that captures the full arc of an individual's life — or a significant portion of it — through extended biographical interviewing and analysis of personal documents. Rooted in early Chicago School sociology, the method treats each life story as a window into broader social, cultural, and historical forces. The researcher and participant co-construct a narrative account that illuminates how personal experience is shaped by, and in turn shapes, wider social structures and processes.