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	Visual Elicitation Critical Discourse Analysis	Analisi Tematica
Campo	Qualitativo	Ricerca qualitativa
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	2000s–2010s (integration of established traditions)	2006
Ideatore	Synthesized from Douglas Harper (photo elicitation) and Norman Fairclough (CDA); integrated approach developed across visual and critical discourse scholarship	Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke
Tipo	Qualitative research design combining visual elicitation and discourse analysis	Method
Fonte seminale	Harper, D. (2002). Talking about pictures: A case for photo elicitation. Visual Studies, 17(1), 13–26.	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.
Alias	VECDA, photo-elicitation CDA, visual-elicitation CDA, image-elicitation critical discourse analysis	TA, Reflexive Thematic Analysis
Correlati	4	3
Sintesi	Visual Elicitation Critical Discourse Analysis (VECDA) is a qualitative methodology that uses photographs, drawings, or other visual materials as prompts to elicit participant talk, then subjects both the visual artifacts and the resulting discourse to critical discourse analysis (CDA). The approach uncovers how power, ideology, and social structures are reproduced or contested through the interplay of image and language, making it particularly powerful for social justice, health, education, and media research.	Thematic Analysis (TA) is a qualitative research methodology for identifying, analyzing, and reporting patterns (themes) in qualitative data. Developed systematically by Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke (2006), TA is flexible and accessible, applicable across diverse theoretical frameworks and data types, making it one of the most widely used qualitative methods in psychology, health research, and social sciences.