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	Analisi del Contenuto Longitudinale	Analisi del Discorso
Campo	Qualitativo	Ricerca qualitativa
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	Mid-20th century onward; systematized alongside content analysis (Berelson, 1952; Krippendorff, 1980)	1989 (Fairclough); 1987 (Potter & Wetherell)
Ideatore	Developed within the content analysis tradition; longitudinal extensions widely applied since the mid-20th century in communication and political science research	Norman Fairclough; Jonathan Potter and Margaret Wetherell
Tipo	Qualitative and mixed-methods research design	Method
Fonte seminale	Krippendorff, K. (2018). Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology (4th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506395661	Fairclough, N. (1989). Language and power. Longman.
Alias	LCA, repeated content analysis, diachronic content analysis, trend content analysis	DA, Critical Discourse Analysis, Discursive Analysis
Correlati	5	2
Sintesi	Longitudinal Content Analysis (LCA) applies systematic content analysis to documents, media, or texts sampled at two or more time points in order to detect how themes, frames, language, or discourse patterns change or persist over time. Drawing on the established logic of content analysis, it adds a temporal dimension that allows researchers to chart trends, trace the evolution of representations, and test hypotheses about historical or social change. It is widely used in communication research, political science, media studies, and the health sciences.	Discourse analysis is a qualitative research methodology that examines how language, communication, and power shape meaning, identity, and social reality. Developed across linguistics, sociology, and psychology (particularly by Norman Fairclough and Jonathan Potter), discourse analysis goes beyond content to analyze language use as a social practice that constitutes and reflects power relations, ideologies, and social structures.