השוואת שיטות

	נטנוגרפיה	מחקר מקרה בוחן
תחום	איכותני	איכותני
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1997 (coined); 2010 (first comprehensive methodology book)	1984 (seminal codification)
הוגה השיטה	Robert V. Kozinets	Robert K. Yin (systematised in Case Study Research, 1984)
סוג	Qualitative research method	Qualitative research design
מקור מכונן	Kozinets, R. V. (2010). Netnography: Doing Ethnographic Research Online. Sage. ISBN: 978-1847875907	Yin, R.K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169
כינויים	online ethnography, virtual ethnography, cyber-ethnography, digital ethnography	Vaka Çalışması (Case Study), case study design, case study methodology
קשורות	6	5
תקציר	Netnography is a qualitative research method that adapts the principles of cultural ethnography to the study of online communities and social media environments. Coined by Robert Kozinets in 1997 and systematised in his 2010 handbook, netnography treats digital spaces — forums, social networks, blogs, review sites — as naturally occurring field sites where communities gather, share meanings, and construct identities. The method combines unobtrusive observation of digital traces with active participation and, where appropriate, direct member interaction.	Case study research is a qualitative research design that investigates a specific phenomenon, individual, group, organisation, or event in depth within its real-world context. Systematised by Robert K. Yin in 1984, it supports single-case and multiple-case designs and draws on multiple data sources — interviews, observation, documents, and artefacts — to build a rich, contextualised account of a bounded unit.