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	Fjärran deltagande observation	Fjärrbaserad semistrukturerad intervju
Ämnesområde	Surveymetodik	Surveymetodik
Familj	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Ursprungsår	Late 1990s–2000s	Late 1990s–2000s (widespread adoption post-2020)
Upphovsperson	Christine Hine (virtual ethnography); Robert Kozinets (netnography)	Adapted from classical semi-structured interviewing (Kvale, 1996); remote delivery formalised in qualitative methods literature from the late 1990s onward
Typ	Qualitative observational method	Qualitative data collection technique
Ursprungskälla	Hine, C. (2000). Virtual Ethnography. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761958963	Kvale, S. (1996). InterViews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803958203
Alias	virtual participant observation, online ethnography, digital participant observation, remote ethnographic observation	virtual semi-structured interview, online semi-structured interview, video-mediated semi-structured interview, distance semi-structured interview
Närliggande	6	5
Sammanfattning	Remote Participant Observation is a qualitative data collection method in which the researcher joins and participates in an online or digitally mediated social setting — such as a video-based community, online forum, virtual world, or remote work environment — to observe and record social interactions, practices, and meanings as they occur naturally, without requiring physical co-presence.	A remote semi-structured interview is a qualitative data collection method in which a researcher conducts a guided, flexible conversation with a participant over a distance-bridging medium — telephone, video conferencing, or voice-over-IP — using a prepared topic guide with open-ended questions while allowing natural conversational elaboration. It combines the structure and comparability of a protocol-driven approach with the depth and flexibility characteristic of qualitative inquiry, delivered without physical co-presence.