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	Analisi Tematica Comparativa	Analisi Comparativa del Discorso
Campo	Qualitativo	Qualitativo
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	2000s–2010s (as an explicit comparative variant of thematic analysis)	1980s–1990s (established as comparative practice through the 1990s)
Ideatore	Virginia Braun & Victoria Clarke (thematic analysis foundation); comparative extension developed in applied policy and cross-cultural qualitative research traditions	Norman Fairclough; Ruth Wodak; Teun A. van Dijk
Tipo	Qualitative comparative analytical strategy	Qualitative comparative research approach
Fonte seminale	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.	Fairclough, N. (1995). Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Language. Longman. ISBN: 978-0582219526
Alias	cross-group thematic analysis, comparative TA, multi-group thematic analysis, comparative qualitative thematic analysis	CDA comparative, cross-context discourse analysis, comparative text analysis, multi-site discourse analysis
Correlati	6	5
Sintesi	Comparative Thematic Analysis applies the structured procedures of thematic analysis across two or more distinct groups, sites, or time points, with the explicit aim of identifying both shared patterns and meaningful differences. Rather than producing a single composite account of experience, it yields a layered analysis that maps where themes converge and diverge across comparison units — making it especially valuable for policy-relevant, cross-cultural, or multi-site qualitative studies.	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.