Jämför metoder

	Komparativ digital etnografi	Jämförande fallstudie – Tvärfallsforskningsdesign
Ämnesområde	Kvalitativa metoder	Kvalitativa metoder
Familj	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Ursprungsår	1995–2000 (multi-sited framework 1995; virtual ethnography 2000)	1984 (Yin); 1995 (Stake)
Upphovsperson	Christine Hine (digital ethnography); George E. Marcus (multi-sited ethnography)	Robert K. Yin; Robert E. Stake
Typ	Qualitative research design	Qualitative / mixed research design
Ursprungskälla	Hine, C. (2000). Virtual Ethnography. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761958963	Yin, R. K. (2018). Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods (6th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1506336169
Alias	CDE, multi-site digital ethnography, cross-platform ethnography, comparative virtual ethnography	cross-case study, multi-site case study, multiple case study design, comparative case analysis
Närliggande	5	4
Sammanfattning	Comparative Digital Ethnography (CDE) is a qualitative design that applies ethnographic methods — sustained participant observation, interview, and artefact analysis — across two or more digital settings simultaneously. By systematically comparing practices, meanings, and interactions in different online environments (e.g., distinct platforms, communities, or national contexts), CDE surfaces both site-specific patterns and cross-cutting cultural logics that a single-site study would miss.	Comparative case study is a qualitative research design in which two or more bounded cases are studied in depth and then systematically compared to identify similarities, differences, and patterns across contexts. Rooted in Yin's replication logic and Stake's multiple case framework, it is particularly suited to questions that ask how or why a phenomenon unfolds differently — or similarly — across distinct settings, populations, or time periods.