Módszerek összehasonlítása

	Interpretív digitális etnográfia	Netnográfia
Tudományterület	Kvalitatív módszerek	Kvalitatív módszerek
Módszercsalád	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Keletkezés éve	Late 1990s–2000s	1997 (coined); 2010 (first comprehensive methodology book)
Megalkotó	Christine Hine; Sarah Pink and colleagues	Robert V. Kozinets
Típus	Qualitative research design	Qualitative research method
Alapmű	Hine, C. (2000). Virtual Ethnography. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761958963	Kozinets, R. V. (2010). Netnography: Doing Ethnographic Research Online. Sage. ISBN: 978-1847875907
Alternatív nevek	virtual ethnography (interpretivist), online ethnography, internet ethnography, digital fieldwork	online ethnography, virtual ethnography, cyber-ethnography, digital ethnography
Kapcsolódó	4	6
Összefoglaló	Interpretive digital ethnography is a qualitative research design that studies human cultures, communities, and practices as they emerge and unfold in digital spaces. Drawing on the interpretivist tradition, it treats online environments as genuine cultural sites and uses sustained, participant-oriented fieldwork to produce rich, context-sensitive accounts of how people create meaning through digital interaction.	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.