So sánh phương pháp

	Nhóm tập trung trực tuyến	Quan sát tham dự trực tuyến
Lĩnh vực	Phương pháp luận khảo sát	Phương pháp luận khảo sát
Họ	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Năm ra đời	1946 (focus groups); online variant ~1990s–2000s	Late 1990s–2000s
Người khởi xướng	Robert Merton & Patricia Kendall (focus group origins); online adaptation by scholars including Stewart & Shamdasani in the 1990s	Christine Hine (virtual ethnography); Robert Kozinets (netnography)
Loại	Qualitative group data collection	Qualitative data collection method
Công trình gốc	Stewart, D. W., & Shamdasani, P. N. (2017). Online Focus Groups. Journal of Advertising, 46(1), 48–60.	Hine, C. (2000). Virtual Ethnography. SAGE Publications. ISBN: 978-0761958956
Tên gọi khác	virtual focus group, internet focus group, OFG, web-based focus group	virtual participant observation, digital ethnographic observation, cyber participant observation, internet participant observation
Liên quan	5	5
Tóm tắt	An online focus group is a moderated group discussion conducted via internet-based platforms — video conferencing, text chat, or asynchronous forums — to explore shared perceptions, attitudes, and experiences on a defined topic. It inherits the group-interaction dynamics of the traditional focus group while removing geographic barriers and enabling data collection from dispersed or hard-to-reach populations.	Online participant observation is a qualitative data collection method in which the researcher enters a digital community or online environment — forums, social media groups, multiplayer games, virtual workplaces — both as a participant and as an observer, systematically documenting social interactions, practices, and meanings as they naturally unfold in the digital space.